anecdote

He said this anecdote predates the advent of generative AI, but remains relevant today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

“What would you rather have sitting here, a live anecdote or a dead statistic?” asked one of them.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

There’s something fitting about the tortilla anecdote in multicultural L.A., home to the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center — the $450-million, 200,000-square-foot expansion to the California Science Center — which now houses Endeavour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

As this is basically unheard of, the anecdote plays great on a press tour.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

An anecdote that Benjamin Rush, the Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, liked to tell in his old age makes the point memorably.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

“For the Dead Remember” sometimes gets bogged down in excessive detail, but the book is enlivened by eccentric characters, amusing anecdotes and bizarre through lines, such as the declining status of James’s teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

I listened to the radio anecdotes about Marilyn and watched the activity across the street and down the block, where someone had opened a hydrant and children squealed in and out of the rushing water.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago