anecdotes

NOUN

interesting or amusing story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

episode gag narration narrative reminiscence short story sketch tale tall tale yarn

STRONG

chestnut incident recital relation

WEAK

fairy tale fish story long and short of it old chestnut tall story

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anecdotes

Murphy and Levy also shared personal anecdotes about their TV mom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

For Annie Erickson, 26, who grew up in North Carolina, personal anecdotes, more than school or reports, created her first memories of 9/11.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

They are as obsolete as the old anecdotes in which they played their puzzling, ambiguous roles, and we have no more need for the beasts than for the stories.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas