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
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.
—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
That was back in 2023, as Swift historians will recall.
—Jenna Thompson
june 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
The earliest historians of midwifery argued that this was a progressive story of the triumph of expertise and science and reason over the superstitions and backward practices of untrained female midwives.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
The Dan David Prize will award nine historians and archaeologists with $300,000 to recognize their work and support future research, the foundation announced Tuesday.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
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
That was back in 2023, as Swift historians will recall.
—Jenna Thompson
june 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
The earliest historians of midwifery argued that this was a progressive story of the triumph of expertise and science and reason over the superstitions and backward practices of untrained female midwives.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
The Dan David Prize will award nine historians and archaeologists with $300,000 to recognize their work and support future research, the foundation announced Tuesday.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for historians
chroniclers
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History’s chroniclers are watching.—
Keith Tidman,
Baltimore Sun,
15 June 2026
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Soon afterwards, Mavis would be up in Montparnasse watching the same chaotic flow, writing the first of the stories that would make her one of the century’s great chroniclers of exile and its varieties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Historians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historians. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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