as in history
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
in his chronology of their relationship, they had communication problems right from the start
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Recent Examples of chronology
The series release order does not follow the story’s chronology — 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is set later than the next three movies that were released.
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Adam England, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
With that in mind, some extra material that went beyond the band’s chronology and rise to fame would have deepened the doc considerably.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 24 July 2025
The distinction between the two is that Tsushima deploys the more fantastical elements of her story not in order to negotiate historical chronology, but to undo it.
—Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Spanning three decades and told in reverse chronology, the musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard (Groff) and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary (Mendez) and lyricist & playwright Charley (Radcliffe).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 July 2025
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Adam England, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
With that in mind, some extra material that went beyond the band’s chronology and rise to fame would have deepened the doc considerably.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 24 July 2025
The distinction between the two is that Tsushima deploys the more fantastical elements of her story not in order to negotiate historical chronology, but to undo it.
—Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Spanning three decades and told in reverse chronology, the musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard (Groff) and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary (Mendez) and lyricist & playwright Charley (Radcliffe).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronology
Noun
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The tour highlights the area's history, civil rights movement and recent developments.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Free to the public — with any order people want to do the crawl in also fine — the stops cover different facets of state and local history.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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This story will be updated as more information becomes available.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The series’ first season, chronicling the crimes of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, prompted a conversation about the exploitation of Black and disabled people’s stories for entertainment, while the season following the Menendez Brothers led to a real-world reconsidering of their guilt.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ever the nosy detective, Ashley takes it upon herself to search Virginia’s court records to find a record of Stacey’s divorce, and comes up empty, a claim that Stacey doesn’t refute.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Online court records indicated to investigators that Arfsten was released on bail in a felony theft case at the time of the South Milwaukee incident.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This will only work on accounts using an email included in the initial 2021 data breach.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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Digital rights advocates have also pushed back against a proposal to limit a person to only one social media account per platform, ostensibly as a means to crack down on disinformation.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The 2024 European Parliament elections strengthened far-right blocs and pushed the centre-right toward diluting elements of the Green Deal, reframing climate rules as sovereignty or competitiveness threats and amplifying cost-of-living and farmer-protest narratives.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The predominant narrative among many springs scientists, advocates and government officials is that rising nitrate levels in springs over the past few decades fuels the growth of excess algae.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film’s first half-hour chronicles leftist subversion with documentary precision, as Pat and company bomb campaign headquarters and attempt to take down California’s power grid.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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On the nonfiction side, The Ozu Diaries offers an intimate archival portrait of ur-auteur Yasujiro Ozu, while Juliette Binoche makes her directorial debut with In-I in Motion, a chronicle of her stage collaboration with choreographer Akram Khan.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Gunner Stockton has been good, but this version of Carson Beck would have been quite the thing.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the version from the ‘90s and early aughts, this revamped plushy is actually super cute, looking more like a fairie than a creepy animatronic.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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Taylor said in a prerecorded interview that served as the majority of the narration.—
Adisa Hargett-Robinson,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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The action is largely desynchronized, the activities onscreen contrasting with the voice-over narrations, with the effect of destabilizing the present tense of the movie, imbuing it with nostalgia and with longing for possible futures.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Chronology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronology. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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