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textbook

[tekst-book] / ˈtɛkstˌbʊk /


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Janson, the author of the “History of Art” textbook, first published in 1962, implied that the regionalist painter was unworthy of scholarly attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Giancarlo: On my new book, I think readers are going to enjoy it because it’s not meant to be a textbook on crypto.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The bond selloff of 2016 was a textbook example of how yields and stocks sometimes rise together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

But, like many luxuries, as they became more popular and more accessible to the masses, the wealthy began pivoting – a textbook example of behaviour known as "counter signalling", Rudolfo says.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He lent her the textbook he had studied while attending the University of Glasgow, and she completed her first Greek grammar lesson before breakfast.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

That database was paltry compared with those assembled by AI developers today, but even then computers had become repositories of the esoteric facts one found in reference works and textbooks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

He also wants to make community colleges “cheaper, faster, better” in part by offering students more training for specific jobs and less expensive online textbooks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

They have a "huge bag" full of textbooks and workbooks recommended by teachers before they left and they are following the UK teaching curriculum.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

For decades, organic chemistry textbooks have generally taught that the influence of certain atoms can travel through three or four bonds within a molecule.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The more the Governor spoke, the more his face hardened back into that noble image that Nok knew so well from pictures in textbooks.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat


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