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
Load levels, temperatures, events, alarm histories, battery status and more are all monitored in real-time, and once any measured parameter strays outside of normal levels, the urgency of an onsite intervention can be quantified and acted upon.
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Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
Expect a follow-up column with more histories.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
So, part of what is lost is the physical manifestation of these longer histories and heritages.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
While Switzerland and Spain, along with the French, have long, steep histories in skimo, as the sport is also known, the Americans came to the Stelvio as a bit of a skimo oddity.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Racial erasure is felt most acutely by the people whose histories are rendered invisible—here, African Americans—despite the fact that their contributions helped shape the nation and still remain too often absent from formal education.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Thornton’s latest work has the potential to reach more audiences precisely because of the Huckleberry Finn-like spirit of its Kid and Max saga, giving more folks the opportunity to learn about colonialist histories and indigenous resistances in the lands down under.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Three of the papers have deep histories in their communities.
—Beret Leone, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
According to oral tribal histories, the sachems demonstrated the boundaries of the Providence Land Grant to Roger Williams by standing at Neutaconkanut Hill and spreading their arms wide.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 14 Feb. 2026
Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
Expect a follow-up column with more histories.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
So, part of what is lost is the physical manifestation of these longer histories and heritages.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
While Switzerland and Spain, along with the French, have long, steep histories in skimo, as the sport is also known, the Americans came to the Stelvio as a bit of a skimo oddity.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Racial erasure is felt most acutely by the people whose histories are rendered invisible—here, African Americans—despite the fact that their contributions helped shape the nation and still remain too often absent from formal education.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Thornton’s latest work has the potential to reach more audiences precisely because of the Huckleberry Finn-like spirit of its Kid and Max saga, giving more folks the opportunity to learn about colonialist histories and indigenous resistances in the lands down under.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Three of the papers have deep histories in their communities.
—Beret Leone, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
According to oral tribal histories, the sachems demonstrated the boundaries of the Providence Land Grant to Roger Williams by standing at Neutaconkanut Hill and spreading their arms wide.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 14 Feb. 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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This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.—
John T. Shaw,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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While a number of big players have now moved their major launches to the spring — and splashy destination locales — Place Vendôme cornerstones and newer signatures made good use of the moment to showcase storied pasts, creative chops and new ways of working.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Season 3 picks up following the Season 2 finale cliffhanger, which found Emily and Sam finally sharing a romantic moment and agreeing to be honest about their pasts.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Erie County Health Department told CNN that medical examiner records are treated as confidential medical records and would only be shared with law enforcement and others legally entitled to them.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The missing records were earlier reported by the journalist Roger Sollenberger on Substack and NPR, and have since been documented by other news organizations.—
ERIC TUCKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Here are two more stories of the subterranean, one sinister and one salty.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Some clients said they were told to make up stories of abuse that became the crux of their lawsuit.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Chinese unicorns – DeepSeek, Minimax and Moonshot AI – created over 24,000 fraudulent accounts and trained their models using over 16 million exchanges with Claude, a process known as distillation, Anthropic alleged in a Monday blogpost.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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But questions remain over which firms will stand up the accounts and how others will be able to roll them over to their own platforms.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pittosporum tobira is available in both solid green and variegated (grayish-green and cream-colored foliage) versions.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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While taller and larger than what is typically allowed by city code, the new versions would be similar in height and size to others already erected nearby, said Therese Egner, a member of the city’s planning services team.—
Marie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Words build narratives, and narratives sow the seeds of revolution.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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With tears and fragments of personal narratives, this footage often digs deeper than some might expect for a sport derided as the domain of adrenaline junkies indifferent to the law.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Histories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/histories. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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