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 Beyond the best-case scenarios and what might happen elsewhere, an undefeated November would give Florida its first winning record since 2020 and at least nine victories for the first time since the 2019 Gators finished 11-2. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026 This could be due to sickness, a death in the family, jury duty, airline flight changes, or other scenarios. — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 The campaign puts you in a series of very fun, sometimes awkward holiday scenarios. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026 Daimler Truck wants to make big rig crash scenarios less likely with a new generation of active safety technology. — New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026 The technical article did not provide enough detail to determine how broadly the result applies, how task quality was measured or whether the approach performs consistently across different software development scenarios. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026 In these scenarios, study a parcel’s pressure levels to determine if these spots are worth your time. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026 An improbable event can still be existential, and those are precisely the scenarios where contingency arrangements earn their cost. — Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Or even impaled; a character could survive in specific scenarios. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • With the possible exception of some of his early radio scripts, this is by far Miller’s funniest play, even though there is nothing at all funny about the family schism at the heart of it.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Full episode outlines are complete and the writing team is working on scripts.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • He was nominated for Oscars for his screenplays The Verdict and Wag the Dog.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The latter in 2013 landed on The Black List, which honors the year’s best unproduced screenplays.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Scenarios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarios. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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