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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 Advertisement As for the future, the doctor laid out a few scenarios. — Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026 Axios reported that executives at OpenAI and Anthropic had privately begun gaming out scenarios for handling the political and public backlash if AI causes some kind of catastrophic incident. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 In these scenarios, having a home warranty can make your future repair bills a little less unpredictable. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026 Brands should also model different scenarios before committing inventory or changing prices. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Here are three plausible near-term scenarios and what to do about each. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026 The show plays with some clever concepts, particularly in its visual presentation; as the simulation scenarios pile up, so do Vision clones until a dozen exhausted, exasperated Bettanys all collapse on a hotel floor. — Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 The Aura Edition comes with specialized software modes designed to adapt the laptop to different scenarios. — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026 The team fed the data about the reservoirs of volatile elements of both Earth and Mars into computer models to test which formation scenarios fit best, and the results favor a hybrid model. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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So, the plan is to have all scripts written before production starts, which is great.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
The producer in Douglas helped the actor in him by prizing good scripts above all else.

— Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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The event will highlight some of the screenplays that have been workshopped within the collective and will include panels with the writers and directors of the films.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
McGuane had remunerative dalliances with ’70s Hollywood, selling screenplays and hobnobbing with the inebriate tranche of the A-list.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

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