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as in annals
an account of important events in the order in which they happened
a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s
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as in chronologies
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail
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as in pasts
the events or experience of former times
history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen
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Recent Examples of histories
Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.
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Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
These substances have long histories of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine, says Naidoo, but are today rarely consumed in their raw form.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
The names of the oldest Metro stations also contained micro-histories, so too the faded playbills of the theaters and chipped words at the tramcar stop.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Start to unravel the complicated histories of Madame X, The Horse Fair, and more in this list.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet, our histories are not identical.
—Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Their histories are rarely linear.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
The group will highlight stories and histories from the United States and Central and South America as told through musical repertoire and historic instruments.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
The ruling in the Van Tine case follows findings earlier this month by the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board, or CLERB, that raised similar concerns about how the jail houses people with histories of violent behavior.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
These substances have long histories of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine, says Naidoo, but are today rarely consumed in their raw form.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
The names of the oldest Metro stations also contained micro-histories, so too the faded playbills of the theaters and chipped words at the tramcar stop.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Start to unravel the complicated histories of Madame X, The Horse Fair, and more in this list.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet, our histories are not identical.
—Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Their histories are rarely linear.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
The group will highlight stories and histories from the United States and Central and South America as told through musical repertoire and historic instruments.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
The ruling in the Van Tine case follows findings earlier this month by the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board, or CLERB, that raised similar concerns about how the jail houses people with histories of violent behavior.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for histories
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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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The question is not merely about one individual, but about the permeability of global networks — how figures with deeply rooted ties to foreign governments and controversial pasts can reemerge in influential cultural and political spaces.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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But he was also stunned at the pace people were removing him from the public eye, unlike other white historical icons with troubling pasts.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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The records pulled back a curtain on favor-trading and frank communications in a chummy elite that looked past Epstein's 2008 guilty plea to solicitating prostitution from an underage girl in Florida.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The forthcoming scorecards are just one way the group plans to track the public-lands voting records of Wyoming lawmakers.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2026
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Often, this is a useful guideline, and limits, in general, are very much the friend of the fiction writer, but there are certain stories that benefit from a sense of instability.—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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As is common in the policing profession, officers and supervisors sometimes share experiences and stories for a variety of reasons.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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The algorithm funnelled me into accounts that were making hard, scathing criticisms of Judaism as an organized religion.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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But the accounts were actually Elletson’s personal accounts and the charges on those accounts went toward his personal expenses, including purchases during a trip to Mexico, court records show.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Apr. 2026
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At least that’s according to interviews here with several Illini and Huskies players, who universally concurred that the media versions of Underwood and Hurley are not really an accurate portrayal of their personalities.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Bavarian Bakery Museum has old copper and brass molds in their collection, whereas the Alsatian versions were often made of ceramic.—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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The show weaves two parallel narratives with offbeat humor and an unexpected heartwarming realism.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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For example, anthropologist Brian Larkin documented how viewers in northern Nigeria rework the narratives of Bollywood films to align with local Islamic values.—
Gareth Barkin,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Histories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/histories. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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