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Recent Examples of schoolbook
In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that should hold pencils and schoolbooks hammer rocks and search for the minerals that power electric vehicle batteries, solar cells, and wind turbines.
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Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
After Moscow launched a war against Ukraine, broke with the West, and pivoted toward non-Western audiences, Putin firmly embraced civilizational discourse, which is now official policy and a mainstay of presidential speeches and even schoolbooks.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Finally, the Supreme Court issued a major religion decision about the rights of parents to opt their children out of classes in which material, like schoolbooks with LGBTQ characters, violate their religious beliefs.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025
Books are being banned – books by award-winning Black authors like Toni Morrison and the deleting of Black history from our children’s schoolbooks and classes.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
After Moscow launched a war against Ukraine, broke with the West, and pivoted toward non-Western audiences, Putin firmly embraced civilizational discourse, which is now official policy and a mainstay of presidential speeches and even schoolbooks.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Finally, the Supreme Court issued a major religion decision about the rights of parents to opt their children out of classes in which material, like schoolbooks with LGBTQ characters, violate their religious beliefs.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025
Books are being banned – books by award-winning Black authors like Toni Morrison and the deleting of Black history from our children’s schoolbooks and classes.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolbook
Noun
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The old-school style page with charts and text explained how to calculate the safety of lowering landing gear when a plane is moving slowly at low altitudes, as the Jeju flight was.—
James Glanz,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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There’s a lot more in the text of the Voting Rights Act that categorizes the relationship between race, political cohesion and voting power.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The Balcony is textbook Manet—grand in ambition, ingeniously composed, visually charismatic, and socially unfathomable.—
Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Moments after Sennecke ripped a wrist shot for the tiebreaking goal and the precocious rookie’s first playoff point, Carlsson clinically finished a textbook 2-on-1 rush with Troy Terry.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The proposal also provides that certain common business models and practices, such as providing a sample employee handbook or requiring anti-harassment training, don’t by themselves make joint employer status more likely.—
Keith Sonderling,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The district maintains an anti-bullying policy outlined in its student handbook.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Although the car is normally available with either a six-speed manual or a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch gearbox, the special edition is expected to only be available with the latter.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Scooby Doo quest, the heart of the night, comes complete with a 14-page manual full of character bios, clues and missions.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Oxford University Press added the word to its dictionary in 2015.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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The dictionary says it's often used as a way to say something has been removed.—
Nicholas Kerr,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Schoolbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolbook. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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