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Definition of textbook

textbook

adjective

  • quintessential; classic.
    This is a textbook example of systemic bias.
    This is a textbook case. It shouldn't take much time to resolve.

    Last edited on Jun 20 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 20 2018.

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