anecdotes
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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
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
Huggins described Norman as a humble man who lived to 107 and said his humour, wit, wisdom and anecdotes about living a long life would be greatly missed.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Anyway he related long pointless anecdotes of his undergraduate days, speaking familiarly of dead and departed professors by their first names, usually incorrect ones.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
