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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
Fortune shouted out the fellowship’s head and director of Artist Development at Film Independent Angela Lee for her guidance, who told him the responsibility a filmmaker has when aiming to tell a universal story.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 June 2026
Situated between Europe, Africa and Latin America, the archipelago generates stories shaped by migration, identity, territory and environmental challenges.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026
As bitcoin becomes more involved in private contracts, treasury strategies, cross border settlement and business arrangements, disputes will not always arrive in court as dramatic stories about hacks or scams.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
This story is shared in cooperation CT Community News, a service of the Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative, an organization sponsored by journalism departments at college and university campuses across the state.
—Valentina Toro, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 June 2026
Situated between Europe, Africa and Latin America, the archipelago generates stories shaped by migration, identity, territory and environmental challenges.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026
As bitcoin becomes more involved in private contracts, treasury strategies, cross border settlement and business arrangements, disputes will not always arrive in court as dramatic stories about hacks or scams.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
This story is shared in cooperation CT Community News, a service of the Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative, an organization sponsored by journalism departments at college and university campuses across the state.
—Valentina Toro, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for story
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One tree may have even witnessed the grisly moment told of in tall tales, which gave Hangman's Gulch its name, but sadly, the tree recently died and had to be cut down for the safety of trail users.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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China has two films in the main competition, the 2025 $215m box office hit Nobody by Shui Yu, and Tana, a contemporary tale about a young woman who leaves Shanghai to support her ailing father in Inner Mongolia.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
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And people can integrate a lot of information.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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The bill is designed to ensure oversight agencies share information with each other.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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The Texas judge said his goal was to prevent outside commentary and public pressure from influencing the proceedings or the jury.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.—
Tom Reinsfelder,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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Those whispers turned into roars in the bottom of the fifth inning when PCA sent a screamer down the first-base line and cruised into second for a double.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Supportive leaders use that higher vantage point to warn, way find, and whisper.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Undoubtedly one of the toughest courses in the world, Shinnecock is a par-70 links-style course with uneven lies, deep rough along the fairway with random fescue, elevation changes and brutally difficult greens.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Citizens become commodities; technology increases the power of an already powerful few; pop culture serves up mechanized slop; truth and lies commingle.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The latter show features bona fide movie stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning, plus a plot — single mom starts an OnlyFans to make ends meet — that fits right in with the 21st-century trend of comedies that play like dramas.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
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Suffice to say there is a pronounced vibe shift toward the mystical as the plot threads converge.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2026
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Qatari negotiators, in coordination with the United States, have flown to Tehran Sunday morning to help facilitate the finalization of the agreement, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Namely, while classic tragicomedy places comedic figures in a tragic setting—pitting being against situation—newer navigations turn to intermedia to navigate both/and-ness.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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The Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth creates a whole world in very few pages in this novella-length work in which even the pacing of the narrative itself does so much of the storytelling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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In this inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby, one novella and three stories take on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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“Story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/story. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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