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textbook

[tekst-book] / ˈtɛkstˌbʊk /


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In building a work culture, for instance, “there’s no textbook right answer. It’s not a super comforting feeling.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 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

Paula Radcliffe, the former women's marathon world record holder, described it as "a textbook example of how not to run in your comeback race".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The Miller-Moreno saga is a textbook example of how this promise of patriarchal protection is a myth.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

I check for dishes, and Helena sighs when Max takes away the textbook.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The possibility that gluons carry baryon number would overturn the standard simplified description found in many textbooks.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

There is no oak panelling, no green leather-bound legal textbooks like the courtrooms you see on TV dramas.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

They get to be in the textbooks, but they didn’t get to be on the air.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Bayer compares the approach to learning from textbooks.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

The name was printed on the front of one of Harry’s textbooks, though admittedly not one of the ones he had read most attentively.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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