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scenarios

noun

plural of scenario

as in scripts

the written form of a story prepared for film production submitted a scenario to the producers

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Recent Examples of scenarios This difference between the two scenarios is that McLaren had 2025’s fastest car, and Ferrari does not in 2026, which adds to the logic of galvanizing around its lead driver in the hope of catching Antonelli. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Transit technology must be built to accommodate these day-to-day scenarios while handling fluctuating demand, changing government policies and emerging industry trends. — Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 This campaign season contains all sorts of scenarios screaming for holy intervention. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Not so fast Not everyone is convinced growth will reach the dramatic level Anthropic lays out in some of its scenarios. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 Here are the best- and worst-case scenarios for the Cards in 2026. — Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026 SonicMax notes that for typical start-stop cutting scenarios, the tool is estimated to provide 2 to 4 hours of use per charge depending on the material and power setting. — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026 Its applications have also included fleet operations and disaster-response scenarios. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 According to the partners, Nvidia’s AI infrastructure allows OmniStar to process routing and mode selection scenarios faster than traditional systems, reducing computation time by as much as 10 times. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

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Willis should be able to produce on the ground, but the Dolphins might get behind often this season and fall into heavy passing scripts.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
However, he wasn’t entirely convinced by the Italian job when Ritchie and co-writer Matthew Read handed him scripts.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of scripts

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Over 12 weeks, eight writers will be split across two rooms to develop original screenplays for Artists Equity’s slate.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
One example is its partnership with The Wallis on programming including Live Reads, which brings together film and performing-arts audiences and artists for one-night only staging of screenplays.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

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