anecdote
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As this is basically unheard of, the anecdote plays great on a press tour.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
It is an anecdote which underlines the scale of the challenge Badenoch faced at that conference, an event her allies are now with distance willing to acknowledge was make or break for her leadership.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Carney shared the anecdote on Tuesday at the gathering of the global financial elite in Toronto where he was pitching Canada as an ideal place to invest.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sherry Turkle could have sworn the writer Susan Sontag had an anecdote about death and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He avoids any anecdote or symbolism that might limit us to a single interpretation.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Fortunately, Benson has been so diligent in gathering papers and anecdota that he escapes from his own simplifications.
From Time Magazine Archive
Happily, this soon gives way to anecdota and reminiscence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of such anecdota there are many collections; the earliest was probably L. A. Muratori's, in 1709.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
Then came an outpouring of recollections, anecdotes and tributes, from all corners of the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
When it proposed the rule, DHS cited national security grounds, an argument the judge said "borders on the absurd" and was "based almost entirely on a small handful of anecdotes."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
To determine whether these issues go beyond anecdotes, ProPublica analyzed the data collected from every state by the CDC to look for patterns.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
WSJ readers weighed in on the trend with anecdotes, opinions, and of course, a few jokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Our heads were filled with rules and anecdotes, but we lacked any real knowledge of how to perform the job that was ours as of today.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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