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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 One giant impact The researchers began by creating impact scenarios for Deimos using a computer code called the Bern Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, or SPH. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 The Conference Board also modeled two financial crisis scenarios—a default and an interest rate shock—which economists like Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio have long been concerned about. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Under the collaboration, instructors could use natural-language prompts to create training scenarios. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 Both scenarios are bad for Republicans, especially in the cases where his more controversial candidates, like Paxton and Miller, have to run in a general election. — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 The study draws on primary data from 350 RMG factories, combining factory surveys, energy modeling, machine-substitution analysis, renewable-energy scenarios and stakeholder consultations. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 Investigators have considered multiple scenarios for what might have happened to Nikki in February. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 Those scenarios would require unifying behind an anti-war candidate. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Taiwan has stepped up the intensity of the Han Kuang drills, incorporating reservists and more civilians into the exercises with a focus on real-world scenarios. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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Variety understands that while the new season is in pre-production no scripts have yet been finalized, let alone new casting, despite rumors of Meghan Markle joining.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
The scripts set the gain to zero to prevent users from hearing anything.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

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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
One of them was Tony, a Black List script (an annual list of the most popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood) written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe that centered on Bourdain’s formative time as a dishwasher and budding cook in Provincetown.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

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