as in chroniclers
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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Recent Examples of historians
Lepore is one of the country’s most respected historians, and her most ambitious undertaking is this book that tells the history of the country from 1492 to the present.
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Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
The current wave looks different to the historians who study it, though, because the driver isn’t novelty.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Alexander the Great bestowed himself that title — not his subjects — and is believed by some historians to have been killed by those in his inner circle.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
One of this year’s highlights was a panel discussion featuring scholars and historians from UNC Charlotte and the local community.
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Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
Patriotism And Nationalism Are Not Identical Political philosophers and historians have long distinguished patriotism from nationalism.
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Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
From now on, what historians once formulated as hypotheses can be tested, visualized, and sometimes even reassessed through AI.
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Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
17 June 2026
The Apocalypse franchise was originally created by CC&C, the production company of historians and documentarians Daniel Costelle and Isabelle Clarke with producer Louis Vaudeville, which was acquired in 2017 by Mediawan.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
For some historians and scholars, the conversation around corporal punishment in Black American households cannot be separated from the legacy of slavery.
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Nia Dumas,
NPR,
16 June 2026
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
The current wave looks different to the historians who study it, though, because the driver isn’t novelty.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Alexander the Great bestowed himself that title — not his subjects — and is believed by some historians to have been killed by those in his inner circle.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
One of this year’s highlights was a panel discussion featuring scholars and historians from UNC Charlotte and the local community.
—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
Patriotism And Nationalism Are Not Identical Political philosophers and historians have long distinguished patriotism from nationalism.
—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
From now on, what historians once formulated as hypotheses can be tested, visualized, and sometimes even reassessed through AI.
—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
17 June 2026
The Apocalypse franchise was originally created by CC&C, the production company of historians and documentarians Daniel Costelle and Isabelle Clarke with producer Louis Vaudeville, which was acquired in 2017 by Mediawan.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
For some historians and scholars, the conversation around corporal punishment in Black American households cannot be separated from the legacy of slavery.
—
Nia Dumas,
NPR,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for historians
chroniclers
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For decades, Spielberg has been one of our foremost chroniclers of America’s fascination with aliens, touching on the topic in films like 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1981’s ET.
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History’s chroniclers are watching.
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“Historians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historians. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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