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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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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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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This temporal blurring between past and present is echoed in the structure of the installation itself, which creates a kind of time loop between the two films, shuttling the viewer between the immediate danger of the war’s outbreak and the lingering trauma of its memory.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Six of Cups asks you to revisit your past—not to dwell, but to reclaim lost parts of yourself.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Once holding the best record in baseball at 45-24, New York finished the season 83-79 and lost the tiebreaker with the Cincinnati Reds for the final wild-card spot in the National League.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Total Chinese household savings currently stand at more than 160 trillion yuan ($22 trillion), a record high, according to HSBC.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her stories began running Monday and will continue this week.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Here’s a good serving of specials for National Coffee Day, but remember to check the social media account of your favorite local coffee shop for more deals, too.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Today, Narrow Way remains closed, and the café's social media accounts have been inactive since the 2022 announcement.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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And there’s some of this feeling in the letters and chronicles left by Spanish warriors.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Choices for ink tank printers include inkjet versions of all of the above (except for laser paper) and a lot more.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The newer versions can hit stationary and moving targets at sea.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“History.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/history. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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