anecdote
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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
Minutes before we talked, I read this hilarious Wall Street Journal story, which featured an anecdote about Elon Musk’s Grok putting someone’s bank statement into a group Slack channel.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Maybe so, and the Tom Brady depicted here surely possesses some of that, demonstrated by an anecdote about him setting a bone-crushing pick in an intramural basketball game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
As this is basically unheard of, the anecdote plays great on a press tour.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The scene becomes an anecdote, an action that would unnerve Vera Louise and defend him against patricide.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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Fortunately, Benson has been so diligent in gathering papers and anecdota that he escapes from his own simplifications.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Happily, this soon gives way to anecdota and reminiscence.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
He rattles off numerous anecdotes from the last two years of teaching “Producing and Screenwriting With AI.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The company’s AI agent, Pearl, combines first-party data, proprietary insights and research, and real-world anecdotes from in-store stylists who have worked with brides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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
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
Sometimes, in the intimacy of their bedroom, Blanca told her anecdotes about him and taught her his songs, warning her not to hum them in the house.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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