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textbook

[tekst-book] / ˈtɛkstˌbʊk /


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Rather than providing the usual textbook answer, he instead gave a colourfully uncomplimentary – and unprintable - description of his own first-half performance.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

That smooth recovery is considered a textbook "second-order" phase transition.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Pearson says Colossus I, the name of SpaceXAI boss Elon Musk's first mega AI supercomputer facility is "a textbook case of what it looks like when elected officials make promises about economic mobility."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

In a textbook example of this principle, the Fed hiked interest rates more than 5 percentage points over 2022 and 2023 in response to rising inflation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

He’s slumped in his chair, and it looks like he’s talking to the textbook.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Without a mention there, the illness does not get discussed in medical school textbooks; students do not learn about it, and people do not talk about it much.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Eight million books were destroyed in the blaze that followed, including 600,000 school textbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Some say customers aren’t exactly paying for innovation, but rather for decades of familiarity on the educator side — along with textbooks that build the calculators into their curricula.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Throughout college, packs of instant ramen and cup noodles provided sustenance for long nights spent with the textbooks.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

We'd finished discussing Bastille Day, and the teacher had moved on to Easter, which was represented in our textbooks by a black-and-white photograph of a chocolate bell lying upon a bed of palm fronds.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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