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as in tales
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 anecdotes
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 chronologies
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 whispers
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 lies
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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as in situations
position with regard to conditions and circumstances
management is trying to figure out what the story is with the accident down in the warehouse
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Recent Examples of stories
Along the way, the system will also share local stories tied to each place.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.
—
Rafaela Jinich,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
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Data Skrive,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
But on the other hand, there are amazing stories of triumph on everyone’s family tree.
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Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2026
Soon, there will be no one left to tell these stories firsthand.
—
Rabbi Evan Susman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
That makes the link between exercise and mental health one of the most actionable health stories anyone can read this week.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
This crowdfunded 2017 documentary is part of that mission, collecting theories and stories from the early-‘60s through the present day that all point toward a government cover-up of the truth about aliens.
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
From a new return-to-office policy, to an indigenous tribe reclaiming ancestral land, here’s a roundup of the top Sacramento Bee stories from this past week.
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Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.
—
Rafaela Jinich,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
But on the other hand, there are amazing stories of triumph on everyone’s family tree.
—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2026
Soon, there will be no one left to tell these stories firsthand.
—
Rabbi Evan Susman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
That makes the link between exercise and mental health one of the most actionable health stories anyone can read this week.
—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
This crowdfunded 2017 documentary is part of that mission, collecting theories and stories from the early-‘60s through the present day that all point toward a government cover-up of the truth about aliens.
—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
From a new return-to-office policy, to an indigenous tribe reclaiming ancestral land, here’s a roundup of the top Sacramento Bee stories from this past week.
—
Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stories
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Daily tales of war and violence around the world made one want to clench one’s fists, grit one’s teeth, and to shout out in a paean of outraged hysteria.
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Hopefully, these three will be among the final cautionary tales of poor draft decisions.
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Much of the outcry is anecdotal, but there lots of anecdotes.
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But, where Notaro used the format to dramatize long anecdotes, Mintz’s special is mainly just him, in a red T-shirt and glasses, talking into a mike.
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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.
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The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.
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The whispers about the 41-year-old turned louder.
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The yin and yang found in 21 Savage’s menacing whispers over the bass and drums, derivative of Tay Keith’s style, and his stark threats over Metro Boomin’s familiar keys create atmospheric success.
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What makes this town’s culinary history so unique lies within its deep ties to the university.
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Prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his crumbling legal and financial world as years of thefts and lies were closing in on him.
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Our plots run away characters shapeshifting on the page?
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These movies are wildly popular spectacles, even if the plots are a little thin.
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Since creditors generally recognize that recovering a portion of the balance may be preferable to receiving nothing, settlement discussions can often be productive in these situations.
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Police officers, firefighters, teachers, nurses, and countless others rely on teammates when facing stressful situations.
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These invasion fictions took a range of forms, from short stories and pamphlets to novellas and full-length novels, and proliferated especially in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period leading up to World War I, which brought the subgenre’s brief flourishing to an end.
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This pair of novellas is about a middle-aged woman, the heroine’s sister, who comes to Tokyo intent on obtaining breast implants and a protagonist contemplating artificial insemination in a culture that doubts the procedure’s morality.
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