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Recent Examples of bedtime story
Now, his story is being remembered as a bedtime story for children.
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CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
What once struggled at the box office became a generational heirloom, passed down like a favorite bedtime story, reminding us that sincerity is not something to outgrow.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Mommy has to read the bedtime story.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025
The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
What once struggled at the box office became a generational heirloom, passed down like a favorite bedtime story, reminding us that sincerity is not something to outgrow.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Mommy has to read the bedtime story.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025
The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
Noun
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In fact, what’s the point of a short story at all?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The project grew out of a short story Sophia wrote in college inspired by observing her younger brother’s teenage years in New York.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
Noun
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These longer fibers can be spun into finer, smoother and more durable yarns, securing Egyptian cotton’s place in high-end shirting, bedding, and premium fabrications.—
Kaja Grujic,
Vogue,
4 June 2026
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The gold and black collection includes the Nodo Fiorentino (Florentino knot) ring, which reinterpreted the pattern of a yarn looped and tightened, and the Arezzo chain and bracelet which evoked the movement of interlaced threads through links.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Her stunning debut memoir is about how trauma upends narrative structures, and the struggle to write about it anyway despite its unwieldiness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Launched within JioHotstar with more than 100 original titles, Tadka features vertical, episodic stories ranging from 30 to 60 seconds, designed for mobile-first consumption with narratives rooted in everyday emotions, relationships and contemporary Indian culture.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Potentially dangerous heat and high humidity arrived Thursday and was expected to continue Friday for a swath of the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, where daily high record temperatures could be broken in numerous places, the weather service said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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California public records request Willows officials on March 18 initiated a mediation request regarding the law enforcement services contract with the Sheriff’s Office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Whitney Plantation hosts two permanent exhibits, one of which gives an overview about the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and another that focuses on the history of slavery in Louisiana.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Birds of America is my imperfect attempt to show that history can’t be buried forever, and that what happens to one of us happens, in some way, to all of us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Andersen had sent Dickens a copy of his fairy tales translated into English, and Dickens neglected to show the children.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Zipes, an accomplished scholar of fairy tales, explores the genre’s enduring appeal and its social functions in this erudite essay collection.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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