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text

noun

ˈtekst

Definition of text

as in handbook

a book used for instruction in a subject the school's science curriculum suffers from a serious lack of up-to-date texts

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Recent Examples of text That doesn't necessarily mean your password is sitting on the TV in plain text. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 But wouldn’t any text transcripts generated by a smart home camera or smartwatch count as preserved and reviewable? — Victoria Song, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 The uninterrupted takes helped create that feeling as did his instruction not to use the text as a tool. — Elissa Suh, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 In the series of texts with Fernandez, Sierra speculated that Machado may have had a car accident with Julia and Daniela. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for text

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Hair loss experts hawking lifestyle handbooks for getting your strands back.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026
The wording of a handbook, the employer’s practices, and the circumstances surrounding the job can all be relevant.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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Our simplified treatment programs work, and are 20% cheaper than the standard treatment mechanisms; but manual, error-prone data collection holds them back.

— Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Under normal conditions, the cockpit door on the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8, uses a dead bolt that can be locked from the cockpit side, according to a 2025 Boeing manual for flight attendants.

— Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

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According to Merriam-Webster, a word has to be used by many, who all agree on the meaning for it, in order for the word to be considered worth adding to the dictionary.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
The famed dictionary added 1,400 new words to its dictionary on Wednesday, many focused on internet-first phases and trends.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

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