scenarios

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 may have seemed shocking to those who associated alien life primarily with science fiction invasion scenarios like The War of the Worlds. Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2026 Emissions fell across all scenarios the researchers mapped, despite a boom in electricity demand sparked by AI data center buildout. Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 30 July 2026 Another aging stuntman, Ronald Hambleton, a former meth user who had done jail time, also said that Blake asked him to shoot his wife, proposing numerous scenarios, including an ambush outside Vitello’s. Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 But across all of the scenarios being discussed internally, Millennium Stage is widely expected to continue to operate, I was told. Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Finally, invest early in monitoring tools and rehearse failure scenarios—resilience is far cheaper to build in advance than to retrofit after an incident. Kevin Mathrani, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The team also worked with manned aircraft in local airspace and ran simulated combat scenarios to help define what future versions of the platform will need. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026 Some of these scenarios focus on immediate material losses — like buildings and lives — and others look at more long-term consequences to the economy and society. Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 23 July 2026 While that is an extreme scenario, the other scenarios described in the bill could presumably be invoked in much less disastrous events. Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
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Noun
  • Three scripts for the single-camera project, from writer and executive producer Abbey Caldwell, were announced as being in development at the studio in April.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The result is labs like Sonic Jeel, which focuses on sonic cultures; the Anthro-tech Atelier, which combines anthropology and design; and xLab, which designs typefaces and electronic displays built for Arabic scripts.
    Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Russell started out writing screenplays and working as a production manager and assistant director on independent films.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney’s, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more broadly.
    Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 18 July 2026

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“Scenarios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarios. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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