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scenario

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


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So, on Sunday, the scenario the Brewers most hoped to avoid comes true: Instead of starting for them in Game 1 of the NLCS, Skubal starts against them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol’s response to the same scenario was more staid, ending with, “Get your hearing checked.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"No matter how well we prepare, if air defence does not work, we could end up in a bad scenario," Klitschko said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Under that scenario, the giant planets shifted significantly from their original positions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Owen looked away, playing the scenario forward in his head.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Across various coverage scenarios, Bernstein estimates SpaceX’s total network cost would span $50 billion to $130 billion and require anywhere from 30,000 to 120,000 tower locations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

According to the first study, climate change is projected to continue shrinking and destabilising the Himalayan monal's habitat across the Indian Himalayas through 2100 under multiple climate scenarios.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

They joined remotely to warn about the dangerous scenarios that they see coming if an AI arms race doesn’t get reined in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Instead, the model helps reveal which earthquake scenarios may be physically plausible given the current state of the fault system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Such scenarios resonate with contemporary ecological fears, helping to make them popular outside the academy.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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