histories

noun

plural of history
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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2
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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3
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 Criminal histories can also continue to limit access to social support or higher earnings. — Amber Gaudet july 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 Models should pay extra attention to patients with rare diseases, complex comorbidities or healthcare histories that look significantly different from the data used for training. — Subba Rao Katragadda, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 That journey introduced me to a country of extraordinary cultural diversity, powerful traditions, and deeply rooted histories that remain largely unknown to the world. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 July 2026 When two teams take the field, their nations’ histories, their nations’ politics, their nations’ cultures take the field alongside them. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have similarly distracting histories. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 July 2026 Another resident, Kana Sakakura, noted that countries in Europe, such as the UK, have long histories of female monarchs. — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 The Civic could see a surge in popularity as consumers search for affordable cars with strong production histories of reliability. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 14 July 2026 Nunez has an encyclopedic knowledge of her characters in this collection – what seems from the outside like an eidetic memory for their histories and motivations. — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for histories
  1. records
  2. chronologies
  3. pasts
  4. stories
  5. accounts
  6. versions
  7. narratives
Noun
  • But more than a year of his time (worth $420,000 per his contract) is unaccounted for in the public records the city has released, Thad and Riley found.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • According to the Department of Education’s own records, of 385,000 purchases made with voucher dollars, 84,000 violated the rules governing what is allowed.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of records
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of chronologies
Noun
  • What makes the film compelling is how Pacino’s Will Dormer and Williams’ Walter Finch toy with each other over their pasts that are consuming them both.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • The elision of more recent pasts leaves something to be desired elsewhere in the show, too.
    — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of pasts
Noun
  • Every day, Cord Shiflet drives 200 miles round trip from Austin, helping survivors tell their stories, connecting them with resources and raising more than $50,000 for affected families through Facebook.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Their service stories had many similarities, and their appreciation for their Honor Flight experience was wonderful to hear about.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of stories
Noun
  • According to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, investigators reviewed social media accounts, a website and a billboard in Latin America that advertised maternity packages at South Texas hospitals to foreign nationals.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • Most accounts read Qatar's rise as gas turned into money, turned into visibility, a soft-power story with expensive props.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of accounts
Noun
  • China and Russia are working on their own versions of Starlink, but neither is close to fielding anywhere near SpaceX’s current constellation of more than 10,000 satellites.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
  • Keytruda is set to lose key patent protections starting in 2028, exposing the company to competition from potential less expensive biosimilar versions of the drug.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of versions
Noun
  • Sunday’s World Cup final will be contested by Spain and Argentina, and there are narratives to be unpacked all over the pitch.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • The real opportunity is to move beyond policies and narratives that pit specialties against one another.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026
Definition of narratives

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