Definition of scenarionext
as in script
the written form of a story prepared for film production submitted a scenario to the producers

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Recent Examples of scenario Training should involve real-life scenarios on how people in that region work. — Salvador Ordorica, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The music is bright and open-ended, invoking the best-case scenario. — Katherine Pukinskis, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026 About nine in ten Utah voters cast ballots by mail, but most of the scenarios would involve federal agents dispatched to Utah polling places or tabulation centers. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 Such scenarios may become more common as militaries continue to deploy a once-theoretical technology — AI-assisted or autonomous weapons, capable of making both targeting and launch decisions on their own — on real battlefields around the globe. — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scenario
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Noun
  • Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • To be fair, the fault here lies equally with the scripts, which dump information without first creating suspense.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • But within days of sending the screenplay, Segan got word that Turturro wanted to have lunch.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • When watching the finished film, Howe realized their early life experiences wormed their way into the screenplay, too.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Scenario.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenario. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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