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bedtime story

noun

Definition of bedtime story

as in short story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, reads his sloths a bedtime story every night, Wallach said. — Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 Stars like Buzz Aldrin, Whoopi Goldberg and Mick Jagger certainly have endless bedtime story material to share with their great-grandchildren. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 In testimony Monday, Woodall described being made to undress in Kiesle’s rectory bedroom during a sleepover as a fifth-grader, before being molested alongside another child as part of a role-playing bedtime story. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 The once-dreary building is now covered by a brightly colored mural, depicting books, bedtime stories and the Howard family sitting around a table, more books in hand. — Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bedtime story

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Noun

Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
The film is based on Al-Matrouk’s short story of the same name.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of short story

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The comic was first published in the 1950s, but the emphasis on last-gasp winners and talismanic performances continued until the mid-1990s — with narratives that cascaded through English football culture in the decades in between.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
And yet, more often than not, modern-day biopic films are disappointments, inert movies that fall into the same narrative traps, leaving audiences cold.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026

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The initiative’s website has no record of its presidential board of advisers — which is supposed to convene at least once every six months — holding a single meeting.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The spending is heavily dominated by staff travel, transportation and lodging, which make up the vast majority of the top expenditures, per P-card data reviewed by the Herald after a public records request.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

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In 2018, Modi was accused by Indian authorities of orchestrating one of the country’s largest bank frauds in modern history.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Yes, Venice provides a glamorous, high-profile red carpet, a heady dose of prestige with its long and glittering history, and a Golden Lion win can sometimes pave the way to a best-picture Oscar.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026

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