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a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
in his chronology of their relationship, they had communication problems right from the start
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Recent Examples of chronology
The series release order does not follow the story’s chronology — 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is set later than the next three movies that were released.
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Adam England, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
With that in mind, some extra material that went beyond the band’s chronology and rise to fame would have deepened the doc considerably.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 24 July 2025
The distinction between the two is that Tsushima deploys the more fantastical elements of her story not in order to negotiate historical chronology, but to undo it.
—Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Spanning three decades and told in reverse chronology, the musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard (Groff) and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary (Mendez) and lyricist & playwright Charley (Radcliffe).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 July 2025
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Adam England, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
With that in mind, some extra material that went beyond the band’s chronology and rise to fame would have deepened the doc considerably.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 24 July 2025
The distinction between the two is that Tsushima deploys the more fantastical elements of her story not in order to negotiate historical chronology, but to undo it.
—Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Spanning three decades and told in reverse chronology, the musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard (Groff) and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary (Mendez) and lyricist & playwright Charley (Radcliffe).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronology
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The tour highlights the area's history, civil rights movement and recent developments.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Free to the public — with any order people want to do the crawl in also fine — the stops cover different facets of state and local history.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 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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Ever the nosy detective, Ashley takes it upon herself to search Virginia’s court records to find a record of Stacey’s divorce, and comes up empty, a claim that Stacey doesn’t refute.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Online court records indicated to investigators that Arfsten was released on bail in a felony theft case at the time of the South Milwaukee incident.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This will only work on accounts using an email included in the initial 2021 data breach.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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Digital rights advocates have also pushed back against a proposal to limit a person to only one social media account per platform, ostensibly as a means to crack down on disinformation.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The 2024 European Parliament elections strengthened far-right blocs and pushed the centre-right toward diluting elements of the Green Deal, reframing climate rules as sovereignty or competitiveness threats and amplifying cost-of-living and farmer-protest narratives.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The predominant narrative among many springs scientists, advocates and government officials is that rising nitrate levels in springs over the past few decades fuels the growth of excess algae.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film’s first half-hour chronicles leftist subversion with documentary precision, as Pat and company bomb campaign headquarters and attempt to take down California’s power grid.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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On the nonfiction side, The Ozu Diaries offers an intimate archival portrait of ur-auteur Yasujiro Ozu, while Juliette Binoche makes her directorial debut with In-I in Motion, a chronicle of her stage collaboration with choreographer Akram Khan.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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If anything, his narration in the challenge was the most entertaining moment of the episode.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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For Malina, narration is new territory.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Chronology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronology. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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