chronology

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A story, he writes, is a “primary vehicle for emotion” with three components: character, chronology and consequence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Others favor a long chronology, placing their arrival at least 65,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

“To say this chronology represents, at a minimum, a concerning breach of the spirit of the dismissal order is an understatement, if not an outright violation of it,” Cannon wrote.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

Stretching across Wilshire Boulevard, the structure houses 110,000 square feet in 90 exhibition galleries that will be organized thematically rather than by medium or chronology.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Not even the chronology is described in conventional language: the century is an aging person, a contemporary of the story’s protagonists.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker