word history
Example Sentences
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They are on the verge of landing in the record books this Emmy season and they also have, for lack of a better word, history.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021
The word history comes ultimately from Ancient Greek historía, meaning “inquiry,” “knowledge from inquiry,” or “judge.”
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
In English, too, the word history often imports oral narration: thus Pope says: "What histories of toil could I declare, But still, long-wearied nature wants repair."
From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Fiech, Saint
I suppose that many who now connect the very word history with the idea of dulness, would have been fond and diligent students of history if it had had fair access to their minds.
From Friends in Council — First Series by Helps, Arthur, Sir
When we remember this, it seems ridiculous to restrict the word "history" to the civilised period.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August