as in handbooks
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 texts
The disagreements begin with what each document protects first, and the four texts pull in different directions from there.
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Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Without getting too focused on the game side of it, what Sean said about the story pulling you into emotions through texts and calls is important.
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Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
These ancient scrolls are too fragile to unfurl, stymieing scholars’ attempts over the past few centuries to complete translations of the texts within.
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Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
Similar calls and texts proliferated throughout Springfield’s Haitian community, triggering a tsunami of fear, panic and confusion, said Viles Dorsainvil, director of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center.
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Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Psalm 91 is one of the Bible texts that foster my trust in God’s protecting power.
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André Kisonga,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 June 2026
Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 3rd House of Communication, making texts, directions, calls, errands, and local plans easier to misread.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Biblical texts on the list include a picture-book adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and passages about Adam and Eve for older students.
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Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Because the texts would be part of the curriculum, they could be included on standardized testing, potentially impacting the school district’s test record if students do not perform well.
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Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Without getting too focused on the game side of it, what Sean said about the story pulling you into emotions through texts and calls is important.
—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
These ancient scrolls are too fragile to unfurl, stymieing scholars’ attempts over the past few centuries to complete translations of the texts within.
—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
Similar calls and texts proliferated throughout Springfield’s Haitian community, triggering a tsunami of fear, panic and confusion, said Viles Dorsainvil, director of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center.
—
Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Psalm 91 is one of the Bible texts that foster my trust in God’s protecting power.
—
André Kisonga,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 June 2026
Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 3rd House of Communication, making texts, directions, calls, errands, and local plans easier to misread.
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Biblical texts on the list include a picture-book adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and passages about Adam and Eve for older students.
—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Because the texts would be part of the curriculum, they could be included on standardized testing, potentially impacting the school district’s test record if students do not perform well.
—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for texts
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Her concern is in the language being used in the handbooks and the policy draft.
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Now, 15 years later, the law continues to guide district handbooks across Oregon.
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To have a class project become a national program that is helping individuals with Down syndrome build real independence is the kind of real-world impact that goes beyond textbooks.
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In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
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But while those other manuals for the mind became bestsellers, The Backpacker stayed on the margins.
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OpenClaw will then interpret and complete the tasks automatically without the need to memorize complex commands or the need to resort to complicated reference manuals.
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Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.
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Adopt a sensitive data detection platform that’s access-control-aware and lineage-savvy and extend it with custom dictionaries and RegEx patterns.
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“Texts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/texts. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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