1
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
Many histories of invasive species concern the life-forms that have been intentionally or accidentally introduced from Europe.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
Throughout the book, Pryor asks readers to look beneath and beyond public debates and to confront the histories and experiences that give words their power.
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Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The government can also ask for data on users based on online search histories.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Before this sequence, Mabel, Oliver and Charles are on their own digging into the mystery and their own histories.
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Trey Williams,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
Tanizaki’s critique was, in part, a call for cultural preservation; aesthetic values with long histories risked falling by the wayside during a period of militarized globalization.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Her work typically engages with various underknown histories of the Caribbean and the Indigenous Americas.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
The original carriage house and stables were split off during this midcentury era, later carving out their own Hollywood histories.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
Different assumptions about issues like this could produce different evolutionary histories.
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ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
Throughout the book, Pryor asks readers to look beneath and beyond public debates and to confront the histories and experiences that give words their power.
—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The government can also ask for data on users based on online search histories.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Before this sequence, Mabel, Oliver and Charles are on their own digging into the mystery and their own histories.
—
Trey Williams,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
Tanizaki’s critique was, in part, a call for cultural preservation; aesthetic values with long histories risked falling by the wayside during a period of militarized globalization.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Her work typically engages with various underknown histories of the Caribbean and the Indigenous Americas.
—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
The original carriage house and stables were split off during this midcentury era, later carving out their own Hollywood histories.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
Different assumptions about issues like this could produce different evolutionary histories.
—
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for histories
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Chicago breaks snowfall records before December Chicago started the snowy season last year with a similarly strong punch, breaking snowfall records by the end of November, according to the NOAA.
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
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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.
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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.
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In this timely and personal film, Hardwicke wanted to capture the lives of skateboarders, artists and musicians who strive to live in freedom while confronting their often-traumatic pasts amid a streetscape sometimes marked by violence, drugs and mental illness.
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Throughout the season, secrets about their pasts are revealed, leading to relationships — both familial and romantic — fracturing.
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As a coastal town shaped by generations of immigrants, Half Moon Bay now has a new art display that serves as a reminder of the people and stories that continue to define the community.
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The board was also expected to vote Friday on a new social studies curriculum that links Bible stories with American history.
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Savings accounts make people better savers The ESI estimates that some 22 million Americans are eligible for emergency savings accounts as a workplace benefit.
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Oil prices fell on the news of progress, but uncertainty over the status of the Strait of Hormuz — Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts over whether the key waterway was open over the weekend — may have slowed traffic again, The New York Times reported.
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Still, Copilot is going through a reset, with Andreou eliminating extraneous versions of the AI tool and merging the teams that focused on consumer and enterprise versions of the product.
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Larger versions serving 10 to 12 guests can also be ordered for private celebrations.
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Such false narratives are dangerous.
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Pushing those narratives forward for the time being means more than this weekend’s series against the Dodgers or next week’s four-game trek to Chavez Ravine.
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“Histories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/histories. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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