chronology
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Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Some researchers support a short chronology, suggesting humans arrived around 50,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
“To say this chronology represents, at a minimum, a concerning breach of the spirit of the dismissal order is an understatement, if not an outright violation of it,” Cannon wrote.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
A chronology of some of the incidents suffered by him makes for depressing reading.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
One would avoid these problems if what I call the chronology protection conjecture holds.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
