histories

noun

plural of history
1
as in annals
an account of important events in the order in which they happened a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s

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2
as in chronologies
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail

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3
as in pasts
the events or experience of former times history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen

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Recent Examples of histories Lee’s portrait, searching and moving, first sparked my enthusiasm about biographies as histories of eras and of minds. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 July 2026 And, across the state, cities whose histories are steeped in colonial lore are taking this year to commemorate over two centuries of independence with events that both look back and ahead. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 1 July 2026 Many histories of invasive species concern the life-forms that have been intentionally or accidentally introduced from Europe. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026 Selman, a native of Bosnia, will bring female perspectives and personal histories to bear in a work at the former Hörster Friedhof, a nineteenth-century cemetery. — News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026 From Georgia, where winemaking traditions stretch back thousands of years, to Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, these wines enable the curious sipper a chance to explore different grapes, histories and styles. — Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Across the exhibition, photographs become places where personal histories intersect with broader cultural narratives, revealing how memory continues to evolve long after an image is made. — Photovogue, Vogue, 2 July 2026 Fragments of email correspondence appear alongside bits of dialogue, histories of apocalyptic movements in Korea, and poems about the nature of time and the Bardo (the Tibetan Buddhist concept for the transitional period between death and rebirth). — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 Prosecutors Ng and Deputy DA Megan Eixenberger dismissed the claims, arguing Payton, Martin and the others involved in the shooting shared gang histories and bad blood that spilled over onto K and 10th streets at closing time. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for histories
  1. records
  2. chronologies
  3. pasts
  4. stories
  5. accounts
  6. versions
  7. narratives
Noun
  • But the records do not identify Swift or Kelce or indicate whether the event is directly connected to the couple.
    — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Between daily high temperatures and warm overnight lows — which won't be low enough to offer much relief — more than 300 records are expected to be set by Saturday.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of records
Noun
  • Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • 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.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Definition of chronologies
Noun
  • Stay Close, another popular Coben adaptation, starred an ensemble cast of Armitage, James Nesbitt, Cush Jumbo and others as strangers whose lives are upended following a strange disappearance that threats to resurface their dark pasts, per Variety.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • In this timely and personal film, Hardwicke wanted to capture the lives of skateboarders, artists and musicians who strive to live in freedom while confronting their often-traumatic pasts amid a streetscape sometimes marked by violence, drugs and mental illness.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 18 June 2026
Definition of pasts
Noun
  • 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, 5 July 2026
  • The history of Kaskaskia is full of stories of resilience and stubborn pride, but also of the inevitability of nature.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of stories
Noun
  • Don't forget to check the social media accounts of your local favorite eating spots for more deals.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • The center says identity crimes have shifted from isolated events into more layered cases that can spread across multiple accounts and institutions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of accounts
Noun
  • Beyond resumes, DashResume includes unlimited cover letter creation, resume scoring tools, PDF exports, and the ability to create multiple versions of your resume for different industries or positions.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Different software versions, and even different storage media, can preserve different file fragments and automatic backups.
    — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
Definition of versions
Noun
  • Those films have frequently been described by reviewers and political commentators as advancing narratives aligned with Hindu nationalist politics, although their makers have defended them as fact-based or historically grounded.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Uranus in Gemini is transforming the structure of our conversations, narratives and mindsets, making previous methods of communication feel increasingly inadequate.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of narratives

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