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also anecdota
as in stories
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 anecdotes
Books about the experiences of military regiments and battle anecdotes have also been published.
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images A Word of Caution While most of the comments were filled with heartwarming anecdotes, some users raised valid safety concerns about the dog getting stuck.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Theater artists and storytellers perform vignettes throughout the journey, weaving historical anecdotes and local legends into the itinerary.
—Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Previous books chronicling rock scenes, such as Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life or Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Please Kill Me, were full of juicy anecdotes set in tour buses and rock clubs.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
If Harris negatively writes about Biden in her book, Biden could add such anecdotes to his post-presidential memoir.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
Throughout the performance, Gale peppered in anecdotes about her first relationships and her songwriting process.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Again, most of the hour documentary dealt with issues and delivered anecdotes a Connecticut fan has read, because Hurley tells his story freely.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Throughout both shows, Michelle Obama shared anecdotes about her husband.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images A Word of Caution While most of the comments were filled with heartwarming anecdotes, some users raised valid safety concerns about the dog getting stuck.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Theater artists and storytellers perform vignettes throughout the journey, weaving historical anecdotes and local legends into the itinerary.
—Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Previous books chronicling rock scenes, such as Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life or Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Please Kill Me, were full of juicy anecdotes set in tour buses and rock clubs.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
If Harris negatively writes about Biden in her book, Biden could add such anecdotes to his post-presidential memoir.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
Throughout the performance, Gale peppered in anecdotes about her first relationships and her songwriting process.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Again, most of the hour documentary dealt with issues and delivered anecdotes a Connecticut fan has read, because Hurley tells his story freely.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Throughout both shows, Michelle Obama shared anecdotes about her husband.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anecdotes
Noun
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Other big stories ➤ The median rent on a one-bedroom Phoenix-area apartment is falling after the region led the nation in price increases in 2021.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Randy Tucker Many of you have read the name PLK Communities in my stories about the team of developers behind the controversial Hyde Park Square redevelopment plan.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their empires cracked, their shadows receded, and their names faded into cautionary tales.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Anecdotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdotes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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