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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
These anecdotes help members internalize market insights and gain perspective on the behavioral side of portfolio management, regardless of where market indices head.
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CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Deutsche Bank’s Reid noted that much of the selling driven by these anecdotes was purely speculative.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
There are shareable recipes, naturally, but also touching dedications to her family and anecdotes about the parties of her youth.
—The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Along with Eldridge’s anecdote, Posey remembered being impressed with Vitello when the Giants hosted a clinic with high schoolers during the team’s trip to South Korea.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Deutsche Bank’s Reid noted that much of the selling driven by these anecdotes was purely speculative.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
There are shareable recipes, naturally, but also touching dedications to her family and anecdotes about the parties of her youth.
—The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Along with Eldridge’s anecdote, Posey remembered being impressed with Vitello when the Giants hosted a clinic with high schoolers during the team’s trip to South Korea.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anecdote
Noun
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Besides the deceased, who appears more as a spectre in pictures, letters and memories, the men in this story take a back seat, with three generations of women at the center of the narrative.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Find this story at Iowa Capital Dispatch, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.—
Robin Opsahl,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
13 Feb. 2026
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The film vaguely follows the basic outline of the first half of the novel, heavily streamlining the twisted tale of family strife and generational trauma into a more conventional tragic romance centered squarely on Catherine and Heathcliff.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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The least satisfying tales involve a group of reasonable counterparties teaming up against a single aggressor, like an Indiana man who’s turned his grandmother’s house into an unauthorized urban farm.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Anecdote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdote. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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