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scenario

[si-nair-ee-oh, -nahr-] / sɪˈnɛər iˌoʊ, -ˈnɑr- /


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In one common scenario, the Chinese buyer deposits the oil payment, in yuan, in a bank account belonging to a front company in Hong Kong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

What are the tax implications based on your income bracket and the amount of money you receive under either scenario, whether as investment income, Social Security income or both?

From MarketWatch • Jul. 3, 2026

In that scenario, a hypothetical observer selectively sorts hot and cold particles, apparently reducing entropy and challenging the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy naturally increases or remains constant.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

Eben Pingree, 44, from Boston, faced an identical scenario after his wife Caitlin paid $2,800 on StubHub for tickets to the Scotland v Haiti match to surprise their 11-year-old son Cole.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

“Miss Mathis is the head of the scenario department at Metro Studios.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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