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
The scam scenarios naturally involve lots of costume changes.
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
These recommendations can provide nuanced clinical guidance on exactly who should receive a vaccine, when, in what scenarios, and in what time series, etc.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Most scenarios keep anything that develops at tropical storm strength or weaker during its travels toward the Caribbean, said Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist with WPLG 10 News in South Florida.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Fleck and other experts have argued that worst-case scenarios should be the basis for planning efforts on the river.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The pilots demonstrate CyRo’s capability in scenarios, highlighting its advantages, such as assembly on moving platforms where parts arrive unpredictably, handling transparent and reflective components, and adapting to new geometries without reprogramming.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The scenarios are relatable — who among us has not anxiously ignored emails from an editor?
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
When re-aligning to eight four-team divisions in 2002, the NFL announced seven possible realignment scenarios.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
One has to leave the rainbows and butterflies at the door in these scenarios.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
These recommendations can provide nuanced clinical guidance on exactly who should receive a vaccine, when, in what scenarios, and in what time series, etc.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Most scenarios keep anything that develops at tropical storm strength or weaker during its travels toward the Caribbean, said Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist with WPLG 10 News in South Florida.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Fleck and other experts have argued that worst-case scenarios should be the basis for planning efforts on the river.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The pilots demonstrate CyRo’s capability in scenarios, highlighting its advantages, such as assembly on moving platforms where parts arrive unpredictably, handling transparent and reflective components, and adapting to new geometries without reprogramming.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The scenarios are relatable — who among us has not anxiously ignored emails from an editor?
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
When re-aligning to eight four-team divisions in 2002, the NFL announced seven possible realignment scenarios.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
One has to leave the rainbows and butterflies at the door in these scenarios.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scenarios
Noun
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This is asked because amid all this Zwick had scripts that were being read by Michael Douglas, plus he could be found playing tennis at Leonard Goldberg’s house along with Sidney Poitier and Charlton Heston.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Stop companies from tracking you with email aliases The average e-commerce site uses between 15 and 30 third-party scripts, analytics trackers, ad pixels and behavioral beacons, according to a study.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There was a lot of back and forth and a lot of outlines and even a lot of screenplays.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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The story and screenplays were by Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Costanzo.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Scenarios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarios. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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