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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
This trajectory leaves fewer stars for sky-watchers, including Indigenous cultures that pass down lessons and histories through the local nightscapes.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
Survey pitfalls Weaknesses in survey models are sharper in primaries because turnout is low and voting histories of those taking part are less reliable than in higher profile general elections.
—Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
The West Side’s 16th District, which swings from Cicero, Lyons and Riverside up through Melrose Park, features a three-way race steeped in tangled histories.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
McKinney was Double-A Binghamton’s pitching coach last season and thus owns deeper histories with many of the Mets’ younger arms.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Trans histories are in limited supply, which may lead trans authors to fabricate their own for literary purposes.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
But those who worked in the shelter said the policy was taken to an extreme that led to difficult-to-adopt animals going crazy from prolonged cage stays and dogs with bite histories going to families with children.
—Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
With criminal histories in Kansas and Missouri, Bird had served time in prison for a 2014 incident where he was accused of firing shots at a KC-area deputy.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Children suffering from avoidant attachment usually have significant histories of trauma, abuse, and neglect.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 12 Mar. 2026
Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
Survey pitfalls Weaknesses in survey models are sharper in primaries because turnout is low and voting histories of those taking part are less reliable than in higher profile general elections.
—Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
The West Side’s 16th District, which swings from Cicero, Lyons and Riverside up through Melrose Park, features a three-way race steeped in tangled histories.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
McKinney was Double-A Binghamton’s pitching coach last season and thus owns deeper histories with many of the Mets’ younger arms.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Trans histories are in limited supply, which may lead trans authors to fabricate their own for literary purposes.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
But those who worked in the shelter said the policy was taken to an extreme that led to difficult-to-adopt animals going crazy from prolonged cage stays and dogs with bite histories going to families with children.
—Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
With criminal histories in Kansas and Missouri, Bird had served time in prison for a 2014 incident where he was accused of firing shots at a KC-area deputy.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Children suffering from avoidant attachment usually have significant histories of trauma, abuse, and neglect.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 12 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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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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Albeit, there are some emotional stakes to the character’s arc of wrestling with his past mistakes, as well as to the love triangle between three people who truly care about each other, despite their pasts (and futures).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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The result was a reunion that finally provided (mostly) satisfying questions and answers about participants’ pasts and presents instead of dancing around topics.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The temperatures could approach or set new records each day this weekend before slightly cooler weather returns early next week.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Although the wrongful death suit, filed in Essex Superior Court, initially uncovered the allegations, Quigley’s medical records were placed under seal.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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Instead of desultoriness—a common atmosphere in these sorts of stories—the prevailing mood is one of qualified happiness.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Kim Hjelmgaard is an investigative journalist covering global stories for USA TODAY, from living rooms to conflict zones.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Both he and Sousa were taken into custody due to conflicting accounts.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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As Avila was walking toward the driver, Parish stuck a tan pistol out the window and fired one time into Avila’s head, according to witness accounts described by a detective in an affidavit supporting Parish’s murder arrest warrant.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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For example, all three versions state that the visitors arrived early and sat outside in the car, rehearsing.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bardossas said instead of boosting the production of glyphosate, the solution should be to switch to organic versions of pesticides or to regenerative farming, a practice that restores soil health while reducing or eliminating synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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This is not merely a bilateral border crisis but a layered security contest shaped by cross-border militancy, emerging technologies and competing threat narratives.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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More detail about what was hit was not available because the Austin automaker redacts narratives in its public reports and did not respond to a request for comment.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Histories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/histories. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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