textbook
noun
a book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.
textbooks
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pluralof textbook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
“Students who prefer physical textbooks should absolutely retain the option to purchase them, but students who cannot afford a printed book should have another way to access the materials they need to succeed,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"We realized that the discrepancy between modern computational data and textbooks was larger than we had anticipated."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Although textbooks give confident-looking representations of ancient landmasses with names like Laurasia, Gondwana, Rodinia, and Pangaea, these are sometimes based on conclusions that don’t altogether hold up.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
