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anecdotes

noun

variants also anecdota

plural of anecdote

as in stories

a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike

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Recent Examples of anecdotes Sivan describes the anecdotes in the song as a collage of, and love letter inspired by, several women in his personal life. — Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Advertisement But researchers and political scientists have cast doubt on whether those anecdotes are reflective of a widespread trend. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 What initially seemed like a handful of quirky anecdotes gradually turned into a much broader pattern. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026 According to Mary Lovely, an economist at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), there are other anecdotes like this one. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 To put my whole psyche, insecurities, anecdotes, family, community, insanity out there in a show in this way. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 July 2026 And one of the anecdotes that Bird tells in this book is how President Eisenhower kept coming up with very convincing, very ingenious, plausible arguments for not taking on [Senator] Joe McCarthy directly. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 Between the lines of his story are all sorts of anecdotes — of unsuccessful trials in the Premier League and Scottish Premiership, of agents declining the opportunity to represent him, and MLS teams failing to notice him. — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 25 July 2026 However, unlike most of the peptide fans who share anecdotes online, Kennedy is in a position to turn his hobby into policy. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

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Noun

The explanation behind this family man’s strange case is well chronicled in many Chicago and New York news stories.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
At Khan & Kumar Media, we’re drawn to stories that resonate across cultures and borders, and ‘Forgotten Spaceman’ does exactly that.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

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The two dashing newcomers have since been regaling the Georgia Aquarium’s existing belugas, a quartet of females*, with tales of their peregrinations.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
From a shark attack and skydiving accident to a near plane crash, the adrenaline junkie shared his tales of his extreme adventuring with the outlet.

— Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Anecdotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdotes. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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