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history

[his-tuh-ree, his-tree] / ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri /




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“At the time, I was the first commissioner in the agency’s 37-year history to speak fluent Russian, the language of the world’s largest Arctic nation.”

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

This exemplary drama of intrigue and heartbreak closes with “a gentle scene, on an island with a history of violence.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

He said there’s been few quarterbacks in school history with Cadet’s talent.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Palmer finished as the season's top scorer with 244 points and was handed the biggest price rise in FPL history of £5.5m, meaning he cost £10.5m at the start of the 2024-25 campaign.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Major Puff insisted that a complete history of all the puffin wars would fit in perfectly.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Over the years, I have come to understand that we learn our parents’ histories slowly, often in fragments, and sometimes only in retrospect.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

The researchers also had limited information about participants' H. pylori status and family histories of gastric cancer.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Bluecore Energy got its start in January when Asante quit his job at the electric boat company Arc and gathered a team of employees with histories at SpaceX, Rivian, Northrop Grumman and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

One of the most melancholy cultural histories is that of the short-lived Russian Renaissance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Jefferson owned several copies of English histories that reprinted the Rumbold speech.

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




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