handbook
noun
a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual.
handbooks
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pluralof handbook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That includes First Choice’s handbooks for volunteers, training materials, and agreements such as the statements of faith that employees must uphold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Mick Cronin’s postgame speech wasn’t one found in many coaching handbooks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
The lawyers invoked an array of dictionaries, grammar usage guides, statutory drafting manuals, and handbooks for reading law, one of which was co-authored by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2023
First, Scheherazade holds a mirror up to Sultan Shahryar, giving him one example after another of princely conduct — and misconduct — according to the medieval genre of handbooks for rulers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Lists of figures—which made up much of the substance of rhetorical handbooks down through the ages—are an attempt to categorize or give a system to the impossibly wide range of things that language can do.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
