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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 His texts are at once surprising, unsettling, and comforting. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 Abdulkarim compared himself to Luigi Mangione in multiple calls and texts. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Early Tuesday morning, Anaheim mayor Ashleigh Aitken started getting a slew of calls and texts — rumors were swirling about a potential landmark day in her hometown. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Unfortunately, there's no optical character recognition (OCR) support, so Droplr can't recognize and edit text on the page like you can with Snagit and Snap Pro 26. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for text

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The claims appear to be another old play from the anti-vaccine handbook.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Off Ramp is many things—a useful compendium of research on polarization and political violence, a candid memoir of Cox’s uneven attempts at peacemaking, a practical handbook for Americans who want to rediscover how to live with one another.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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Fulton also registered a textbook open-field tackle on the elusive Milroe on a play that was called back because of a penalty.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Expert Intelligence will be added to AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app soon, the company said, adding that support for third-party subscriptions, business research reports, and textbooks will also arrive on Gemini Notebook soon.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

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That dictionary someone gave Joe for his big day might have gathered dust on his shelves back in Highgate for a week or so.

— Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026
After refining their word-swapping dictionary over three months, the ShieldFont creators ended up with a list of nearly 12,000 common words that can be replaced with ligatures.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

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