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anecdotes

noun

variants also anecdota

plural of anecdote

as in stories

a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike

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Recent Examples of anecdotes Flynn McGuire, a physical rehabilitation doctor at the University of Utah and an author of the review, said anecdotes about people having miraculous recoveries are even less reliable. — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Many commenters share personal anecdotes and express enjoyment of the museum's concept, highlighting its ability to entertain and provoke laughter. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026 Historical anecdotes are everywhere and combined with recent experience navigating that system gave me a window. — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026 The singer-songwriter lowkey complained to Men’s Health in 2014 that those brief anecdotes from his dating history have come to define him — and by extension his band — among some in the media and general public, much to his chagrin. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2026 There’s an exodus reversal happening, as seen by a growing body of relevant anecdotes. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Beneath his commentary on trending topics and crowd interactions are anecdotes inspired by Brookzz’s family and his personal life, giving the debut a hint of intimacy and a glimpse into the man behind the charming grin and witty quips. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Through exclusive interviews, Radloff offers behind-the-scenes revelations and heartfelt anecdotes from the show‘s cast and crew as well as the emotional journey that led to the end of the series. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 The text now is basically the same, plus a few more anecdotes, elements of verbatim theater (voice notes from herself and friends and family), opera, and, of course, spacecrafts. — Georgie McKeon, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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Noun

In the 2021 Senate runoff elections in Georgia, this writer did a number of stories following forecasts by Thomas Miller, a prominent data scientist who’s a professor at Northwestern University.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Yet neither of these stories fits the timing or scale of the decline.

— J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

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If Crystal and Ellis had stayed on that tack — tales about the house at 860 bound together by a sense of its loss — 860 might have the sturdiness of a tearjerker.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
On the surface, his new album Antione’s Son is the same old same old—airy melodies, drug talk, vomiting ad-libs—but punched up by suburban ennui and in-the-weeds romantic tales that makes the music feel refreshingly personal.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

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