field guide
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A field guide to the dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street: Anne Hathaway’s new movie presents us with a whole host of prehistoric creatures.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s functionally a field guide of targets for burglars, looters and squatters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
This can be helped by foraging with field guide to confirm species and avoid confusion, the Woodland Trust says.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
“Tortured Poets Department” is packed with new poets to read, bands to discover and weird vacation towns to visit, and here’s a brief field guide to the best of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
I tried to write and draw everything I could remember in the sketch pad, so I could transfer all that Robin had explained into the field guide.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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