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how-to

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Recent Examples of how-to For more, check out our Best Turntables guide and our how-to article on upgrading your home audio. — Parker Hall, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2023 The book is a how-to manual for aspiring golfers with tips and tricks for swinging, posture, balance and mental toughness. — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023 To further connect with the community, Gao hopes to one day host classes for home brewing and offer other interactive how-to events. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023 Rising Together by Sally Helgesen The latest book by Helgesen is an action plan filled with how-to tips. — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023 As a former residential and commercial carpenter, Alex uses his hands-on experience to write practical buying guides, how-to articles, and product reviews. — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023

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Smid then shifted his questioning to the definition of administrative leave provided in the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office’s general orders manual.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Unlike simple query-response models, agentic workflows represent a move from manual prompting to a new era of delegating and empowering autonomy with agents that act on behalf of the business.

— Sam Rastogi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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The depth of its riches are laid out in an ambitious recent series of culinary guidebooks by a group called Colima Sabe.

— Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
While the process of unlearning everything you’ve ever been taught doesn’t happen overnight, resources like this new guidebook from Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, a design anthropologist, educator, and writer, are excellent tools for self-improvement.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026

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Her husband Akbar Shamji’s relationship with Brettler is central to the tome’s storyline.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
The decision to leave the EU and rewrite several tomes’ worth of trade and industrial policy has taken a comprehensive toll on the British economy, according to a working paper published last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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