nonhistorical

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Recent Examples of nonhistorical The closest nonhistorical portrayals to Washington’s role among recent winners are probably Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club and Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart. Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 3 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhistorical
Adjective
  • Saying that ending our 43-year involvement [with] the EU is somehow going to fundamentally change this deep relationship between our two countries is completely unhistorical.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2016
  • Well, certainly the most unhistorical.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • The star and executive producer briefly revived the series in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois, two decades later in March 2018.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Known to millions as Mr. Johnson, the delightfully offbeat and endlessly wise custodian of Philadelphia’s most charming fictional school, Davis has turned what began as a recurring spot into an award-winning, fan-favorite presence.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been a full decade since Poot Lovato had her last taste of freedom — and according to Demi Lovato, the hilarious, fictitious alter ego is staying locked up for many decades more.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Officers of the court have a duty of candor to the court and an obligation not to file fictitious lawsuits that have no basis in fact or law.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, for example, can yet orchestrate a theoretical swing of close to £12million ($16m), a significant sum for those requiring summer rebuilds on finite resources.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Indeed, the risk of diversion from Plaintiff's sales is more than theoretical—the government can prove that Plaintiff actually sold LSD to a minor as well as an undercover officer.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • First, because our common narrative framework depends on the past, many people still consider warming through a speculative lens, failing to recognize the severity, and urgency, of superstorms and sea-level rise.
    Heather Hansman, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But there was a definite hostage-video vibe to her appearances during the presidential campaign, giving students of body language a speculative field day.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These aren’t hypothetical scenarios, but active use cases in pilot programs around the world.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • A lot was still hypothetical, imagined and hopeful about what could be.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Based on the second-longest investigation in Swedish history, this is a fictionalized account of the 2004 double murder of a small boy and a 50-year-old woman in the small town of Linkoping.
    Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
  • This is intertwined with fictionalized scenes of Du Bois’s final years working on the project in the newly independent African nation.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The Erik Wemple Blog asked the Times for another example of an editor’s note apologizing for nonfactual issues.
    Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Yankovic, who wrote the film with its director Eric Appel, noted that the intention is to be satirical and nonfactual.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022

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“Nonhistorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhistorical. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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