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the written form of a story prepared for film production
submitted a scenario to the producers
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This flexibility enhances efficiency and effectiveness across multiple scenarios, from verifying and containing early-stage fires in remote terrain to supporting large-scale firefighting and cold trailing efforts on major incidents.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Sea-Intelligence modeled the European import surge under different scenarios, ranging from an instantaneous switch back to the Suez by all shipping lines, to a more gradual phase-in over two, four or six weeks.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Lewis added that there are many scenarios where missile defense would likely fail.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
By considering the varied needs of different users, Ausom designs its scooters to adapt to a range of real-world scenarios—whether for daily commuting, longer-distance travel, or occasional recreational use.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Beyond exercise-specific scenarios, plyos have tons of carryover into your day-to-day, Paslé-Green says.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
Developing timely emergency plans for various risk scenarios increases overall preparedness and provides room to maneuver, rather than leaving companies scrambling to respond under pressure when a crisis strikes.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Between playoff scenarios, seeding, home-field advantage and Lionel Messi chasing history (again), this is what’s at stake to close out the 2025 campaign and set the table for the postseason.
—Tom Bogert, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Sea-Intelligence modeled the European import surge under different scenarios, ranging from an instantaneous switch back to the Suez by all shipping lines, to a more gradual phase-in over two, four or six weeks.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Lewis added that there are many scenarios where missile defense would likely fail.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
By considering the varied needs of different users, Ausom designs its scooters to adapt to a range of real-world scenarios—whether for daily commuting, longer-distance travel, or occasional recreational use.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Beyond exercise-specific scenarios, plyos have tons of carryover into your day-to-day, Paslé-Green says.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
Developing timely emergency plans for various risk scenarios increases overall preparedness and provides room to maneuver, rather than leaving companies scrambling to respond under pressure when a crisis strikes.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Between playoff scenarios, seeding, home-field advantage and Lionel Messi chasing history (again), this is what’s at stake to close out the 2025 campaign and set the table for the postseason.
—Tom Bogert, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scenarios
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While it is not known why the actor is stepping away temporarily from his role, Deadline reported his departure was unexpected, and scripts are being adjusted to reflect his absence.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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The veteran scribe is launching a new competition — Gauntlet — designed to help promising spec scripts find their way to the screen.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lavender will work with Osborne and the team on films and series based on novels including Beautiful Animals and The Glass Kingdom, as well as short stories and original screenplays.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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Just as ChatGPT can generate entire screenplays in response to short, unspecific prompts, or follow long, detailed instructions, so too can the new Sora invent a complex scene on the basis of either.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Scenarios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarios. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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