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The phrase "a textbook procedure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a method or process that is standard, well-established, and typically found in textbooks or academic literature.
Example: "The experiment followed a textbook procedure, ensuring that all steps were meticulously adhered to for accurate results."
Alternatives: "a standard procedure" or "a conventional method".
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As on every mission for the last forty years (most cleverly, and most fruitfully, Apollo 13), a textbook procedure needed a further touch of improvisation, of casual human marginalia; John Glenn had to go and buy himself a 35-mm.
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One can raise a number of questions about whether the modern textbook procedure does really capture a sensible notion of logical consequence.
A typical quotation grouped in this theme is "My teacher explained the procedure to me, using a textbook.
He specializes in criminal procedure and computer crime law, and is the author of a textbook, "Computer Crime Law".
He said that when he was in training, he was admonished to not even study a textbook in surgery, so he could focus on the rhythm and subtleties of the procedures.
Once routine, it continues to be a "common obstetrical procedure," according to the authors of the 23rd edition of Williams Obstetrics, the 1,385-page 1,385-paget serves as a textbook for obstetricians.
I was a textbook case.
It was a textbook uppercut.
He had set up a textbook ambush".
Is this a textbook example of coercion?
It was a textbook 419 tactic.
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