as in factual
restricted to or based on fact
a historical novel that tells the story of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps through the eyes of a young boy
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Recent Examples of historical
Keeping the human story legible against the weight of eight decades of historical events required a discipline that both directors returned to repeatedly.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 June 2026
The program also includes mapping and verification of historical workings at the former Mission Cross Mine, including pits, underground workings, trenches, shafts and waste dumps, to align past production records with modern geospatial data.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
28 June 2026
The exhibit, which was created as a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia and the National Park Service, also featured a historical timeline of American slavery.
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Danny Freeman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 June 2026
The program also includes mapping and verification of historical workings at the former Mission Cross Mine, including pits, underground workings, trenches, shafts and waste dumps, to align past production records with modern geospatial data.
—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
28 June 2026
The exhibit, which was created as a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia and the National Park Service, also featured a historical timeline of American slavery.
—
Danny Freeman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for historical
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The prior Minnesota Anti-SLAPP law required that the court make certain pre-trial factual findings which was held to violate the right to a jury trial.
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Currently in pre-production and without a sales agent, the project carries strong environmental timeliness and a genuinely global geographic canvas that should attract factual commissioners.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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The season emphasizes emotional constriction and physical limits, not literal clock time.
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That judge later barred the Secretary of Defense from requiring documentary proof of citizenship when military personnel register to vote or request ballots.
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Paul Dugdale directed, with documentary segments from Farah X, and Live Nation Studios produced.
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From viral Aldi Finds to tried-and-true products shoppers love to tell their friends about, people love the thrill of discovering something new here.
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That rugged access is part of the appeal for buyers seeking a true escape rather than a weekend cabin with neighbors in sight.
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Pee-Wee as Himself, the 2025 Emmy award winner for best documentary or nonfictional special, is also among the nominees.
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That delirious excess befits the essence of Lapid’s method, which is a fusion of fiction with indigestibly and irreducibly nonfictional elements.
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“Historical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historical. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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