anecdotes
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The book brims with entertaining but not always entirely germane anecdotes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
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
People made up jokes and anecdotes about him that were the talk of the town.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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