texts

noun

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plural of text
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 Those texts would become key evidence in the case. — Rebecca Laflam, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025 Practices like mindfulness, yoga or studying different religious texts may resonate with you. — Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Reading scales categorize texts by difficulty, allowing educators to match students with appropriate materials. — Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Texts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/texts. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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