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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 ChatGPT no longer has to wait for people to copy and paste their texts into the chatbot. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The longer the text, the greater the chances that the watermark will be detectable. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Google became embroiled in a prior controversy in February 2024 after its Gemini text-to-image tool produced portrayals of racially diverse German WW2 soldiers. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026 The text consists of excerpts of a letter written by Pope Alexander II after William’s victory, and is currently housed in a Vatican collection. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 20 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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