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as in tale
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
he's a talented writer, but his quirky stories will never find a wide readership
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as in anecdote
a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
Grandpa is always telling stories about what it was like growing up on a farm
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as in news
a report of recent events or facts not previously known
a story in the morning paper about plans for a new library
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as in commentary
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
gave us the whole story of the accident
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as in whisper
a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature
stories going around that the old man had died with thousands of dollars hidden under his mattress
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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
she tells stories just to get attention, so don't believe that stuff about her father being somebody important
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Recent Examples of story
The board was also expected to vote Friday on a new social studies curriculum that links Bible stories with American history.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Francois Nel / Getty Images Their story captured the hearts of fans across the world after Cape Verde’s stunning opening game against Spain, where Dias stonewalled the Spanish.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
This story has been updated to add new information.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Unlike expensive ad campaigns, customer stories can help companies stand out at almost every stage of the buyer journey.
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Jehan Lalkaka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Francois Nel / Getty Images Their story captured the hearts of fans across the world after Cape Verde’s stunning opening game against Spain, where Dias stonewalled the Spanish.
—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
This story has been updated to add new information.
—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Unlike expensive ad campaigns, customer stories can help companies stand out at almost every stage of the buyer journey.
—
Jehan Lalkaka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for story
Recent Examples of Synonyms for story
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The spectacularly antic tale of originals and doubles, locals and outsiders, visually and philosophically lampoons the very concept of identity.
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Director David Anspaugh, whose resume includes small-town basketball tale Hoosiers and against-all-odds college football biopic Rudy, sticks rigidly to his sporting underdog formula, only skimming the surface of the David-versus-Goliath encounter.
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page.
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Nothing can prepare you for the album art writ large on the inside flap, but the lavish haircut photos galore and commentary from folks like producer Bob Rock and then-bassist Jason Newsted are illuminating.
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Included in the bonus features is a commentary track by director David Frankel, writer Aline Brosh McKenna and costume designer Molly Rogers.
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Theories, speculation and whispers were hard to ignore, but even harder to prove.
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The whispers about the 41-year-old turned louder.
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The lawsuit alleges that this was a lie and that neither of LeVota’s tax plans were created at the direction of the state.
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Well, the first principle to embrace is work-life balance is a lie.
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Jinx's scheme gets a convenient helping hand when NASA — for the benefit of the plot — allows the kids to sit in an actual shuttle during an actual engine test.
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Cover crops, once rare, are now much more common, from the cooperative's member plots to estates like La Reynardière, which gives up seven or eight percent of its yield to them in the bet that living soils send roots deeper for water.
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The situation has grown bleaker in the last decade and a half as commercial pressures have ramped up and media consolidation and digital shortsightedness have obliterated arts coverage.
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That amount of splitting will surely present those three host nations with similar situations to the one Canada is facing now.
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Hemingway, who championed self-mastery, gave the old fisherman in his novella exactly one consolation out there alone in the Gulf Stream, the thought of the great DiMaggio, who did everything perfectly even with the bone spur in his heel.
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Based on a novella by Neil Paik, who is adapting, the film’s logline is being kept under wraps.
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