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textbook

[tekst-book] / ˈtɛkstˌbʊk /


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The hiring upswing isn’t a textbook case “where you need to hike rates,” said Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Some professors who taught from the same textbook for up to 20 years are getting used to certain classes that don’t feature a textbook at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

They do something just as important: they show that the story of human origins was more crowded, more competitive, and more unpredictable than the familiar textbook version suggests.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Financial markets by their nature don’t follow a script, so chart watchers can’t help but get excited when they see a textbook chart pattern appear in a widely followed index.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

One book, Famous Short Stories of England and America, which we had used as a textbook in high-school English.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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