The phrase
"same playbook" means that two or more people are using the same plan or strategy to achieve a goal. It indicates that they are coordinated, working together, and following similar steps or actions.
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These polluters — and the special - interest groups they support — are even following the exact
same playbook as the tobacco industry used to confuse the public about smoking and cancer.
But Facebook's «we - should - do - better» defense seems to be taken from the
very same playbook, lengthy essay and non-apologetic tone included.
Taxis are such a local thing that every single city tried
the same playbook to make it impossible for Uber to operate.
It's worth noting that Amazon is following
the same playbook with Alexa: Partners like Kohler, Garmin, and First Alert already used CES to announce that they're building Alexa into their own devices.
Efforts to squash review aggregators come from
the same playbook that retailers used a few years ago when trying to eliminate «showrooming,» the practice of using a smartphone to comparison shop while inside a brick - and - mortar store.
Every craft brewer is using
the same playbook, so pulling the same levers no longer differentiates you.
«Now let's ask ourselves, is Tesla running
the same playbook?»
Multinationals like Uber prefer to stick to
the same playbook in every country that they operate in, so it seems that the days of Xchange Leasing India are numbered.
This founder sold her first startup for $ 110 million — here's why she's not following
the same playbook for her second
He's still using
the same playbook.
But Jesus is not using
the same playbook.
Yes, it's clear that it's
the same playbook.
Harbaugh on San Fran bosses: «I don't think we were playing out of
the same playbook... maybe there will be a book someday.»
If they roll out
the same playbook, I believe we go 8 - 8.
Most campaigns seem to have
the same playbook: start with...
Most campaigns seem to have
the same playbook: start with fundraising, then move on to persuasion and end with GOTV.
Sanders, a veteran US legislator who energized a nationwide movement of media - savvy young voters in his presidential race, and Teachout, whose political experience includes serving as the internet organizing guru for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid — arguably the dawn of the current trend for social media to play a significant grassroots role in national political campaigns — operate largely from
the same playbook.
As New York's attorney general, Mr. Schneiderman used
the same playbook that raised the profiles of his predecessors.
In fact, it looks a lot like Cuomo is operating by
the same playbook he used with the M.T.A. and the Port Authority, two authorities that he ignored and derided, respectively, before bringing in new leadership and, eventually, embracing them.
Timothy M. Kennedy of Buffalo insists a totally Democratic state government means everyone in New York will now be operating from
the same playbook.
So do you think they will use
the same playbook they used with you — charging Snowden under the Espionage Act?
Also, we just had a few films that borrowed from
the same playbook with Spy, Kingsmen, and most recently, Mission Impossible, which arguably did this type of movie better.
Sylvester Stallone managed a similar feat when he revived one of his best - known characters for Creed's nominated supporting turn two years ago, and now the 75 - year - old Ford may employ
the same playbook.
Two very different politicians — Chris Christie in New Jersey and Martin O'Malley in Maryland — are following nearly
the same playbook on pensions.
And once the MCEE came up with a standard assessment tool, all state school administrators would be evaluating their teachers off
the same playbook and Michigan would be on the path toward a statewide continuity.
In the case of my test car, the Eco's engine and transmission didn't always feel like they were reading from
the same playbook — there was an occasionally fumbling, discombobulated quality to their interactions.
You will be learning proven book marketing strategies and have access to
the same playbook that we used to grow our successful publishing company Stress Free Kids.
It's still
the same PlayBook it was yesterday.
Other than 4G LTE and HSPA + connectivity, this is almost exactly
the same PlayBook that we all know and love.
It's pretty much
the same PlayBook we're already familiar with — 7 - inch display, front - and rear - facing cameras, the same contacts and calendar apps, as well as an HDMI port and stereo speakers.
When each team member is working from
the same playbook, your practice is sure to score points and improve patient care.
We're following
the same playbook.»
On its face, Payback is just operating from
the same playbook as The Crew, which offered an endless flow of non-specific parts that increased your performance.
So I have just been following
the same playbook that pretty much everybody's been following, and to a certain extent I don't understand the kerfuffle.»
The effort in West Virginia to enact a Right to Work law (Senate Bill 1) and repeal the state's prevailing wage (HB4005) is following
the same playbook used in Michigan and Wisconsin, involving a similar cast of Koch - backed out - of - state characters to drive the agenda.
The plan, in other words, is to use lawfare to assault the fossil fuel industry using
the same playbook that was once used to attack the tobacco industry.
Essentially, what you'll come to realize is that the people who've been pushing this scam have been operating from
the same playbook for well over three decades.
The current attacks on the EPA Clean Power Plan appear to use
the same playbook: publish a BHI report and amplify via an SPN affiliate to push ALEC model legislation.
If you and the other party have different software calculations, go through the respective calculations carefully and clear up the difference ahead of the court appearance, so that everyone is working from
the same playbook.
I presume that the folks responsible for engaging individual speakers (keynoters for lunches, for example) are working from
the same playbook.
Multiple reports have claimed that Apple will use
the same playbook of releasing «S» moniker models in 2017, which will include an iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.
Are HTC and Huawei using
the same playbook for their latest promo campaigns?
This backdoor tactic is from
the same playbook that Indiana, Kansas, and North Carolina all attempted in 2011 and today's action comes after thousands of women — from Virginia, to Idaho, to Missouri, to Capitol Hill — have been mobilizing to fight back against attempts to restrict women's access to reproductive health care.