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scenario

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


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“To me that’s a nightmare scenario, that one company can decide what questions we are allowed to ask and what is a security issue or not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

No single theory has successfully integrated all aspects of the process into a unified and convincing scenario.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“Such a scenario would be disastrous not only for Cedars-Sinai but for hospitals across Los Angeles and California,” Helfand said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

All of the software programs run the Social Security reduction scenario as an addendum, not as a default.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

A strange scenario: a small comet hits the Earth, as millions of them have, and the response of our civilization is promptly to self-destruct.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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