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textbook
[ tekst-book ]
adjective
- pertaining to, characteristic of, or seemingly suitable for inclusion in a textbook; typical; classic:
a textbook case.
textbook
/ ˈɛˌʊ /
noun
- a book used as a standard source of information on a particular subject
- ( as modifier )
a textbook example
Derived Forms
- ˈٱˌǴǰ쾱, adjective
Example Sentences
No civics textbook could prepare students for the realities of power that kept the nation’s war machine on a rampage, taking several million lives in Southeast Asia or supplying weapons making possible genocide in Gaza.
Chloe might have left the textbooks behind as her career takes off, but the learning hasn't stopped, she says, admitting she's still finding out things about being a pop star.
“Having his textbooks out, listening to lectures at his desk, not even giving a s—,” she said.
"I'm told my symptoms were a textbook case for bipolar lows and highs – energetic, grandiose language, erratic – but no one even considered this diagnosis for me until I was sectioned."
In a nice irony, Merzbacher would later author the standard textbook in that field.
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