as in story
a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike

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Recent Examples of anecdote Adams related an anecdote of a lunch program where a senior leader takes an intern out, and an instance where a manager was kept waiting by a successful intern who had just signed on to convert to full-time. Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025 In his 2023 memoir, Spare, the Duke of Sussex, 41, shared an anecdote about finding a hummingbird in his house after the death of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Addressing the crowd for the last time during the set, ZUTOMAYO shared an anecdote about meeting Ishizaka before the event to ask him to narrate it. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025 Passions run as high as style, and candor and fervor blend with humor, to endow anecdotes and reflections with pride and purpose along with mourning and indignation. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anecdote
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Noun
  • Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Her stories began running Monday and will continue this week.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a battle between two undefeated NFC teams, the Buccaneers and Eagles played a tale of two halves that came down to the wire.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Told through empathetic interviews with his bandmates and family, Struebing’s ordeal becomes a tale of partial redemption and a lament about the failure of our justice system to meet the mental-health needs of people caught up in it.
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Anecdote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdote. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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