1
as in annals
an account of important events in the order in which they happened
a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s
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2
as in chronology
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail
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3
as in past
the events or experience of former times
history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen
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Recent Examples of history
Here, The Athletic dives into some footballing history.
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Will Jeanes, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Was there mental health history?
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Soon, the Museum will open a new facility designed to do just that, a space built not merely for viewing history, but for interacting with it.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Their music has earned them six Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, cementing their place in music history.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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Will Jeanes, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Was there mental health history?
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Soon, the Museum will open a new facility designed to do just that, a space built not merely for viewing history, but for interacting with it.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Their music has earned them six Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, cementing their place in music history.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for history
Noun
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The two of them are tightly bound not just by chronology but also by the stratifications of class; Marlowe’s father made shoes, and Shakespeare’s father made gloves.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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But Longo also disrupts the idea of typical film-watching chronology.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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About The Legacy Sites Each site contains interactive displays, art, monuments, and other exhibits that bring history to life and confront hard truths about America’s past.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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This season unveils the second chapter of Tommy Girl, with gender-inclusive pieces that play on contrasts of prep and street, past and future and designer and do-it-yourself.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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“History.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/history. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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