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chronology

[kruh-nol-uh-jee] / krəˈnɒl ə dʒi /






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A clockwise march past the 85 exhibits develops a chronology from the birth of modern war in the tangled British and French corpses of J.M.W.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Each has an episode named for him — as with “Adolescence” it’s a four-part show — the overlaid shifting focus fitting quite well into the novel’s chronology.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

Kennedy said aspects of Öpik's life before Armagh had been blurry, and her research helped establish firmer dates and a clearer chronology.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

But despite its experiment with chronology, “A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic” plays it safe when it comes to its plot—a surprise for readers expecting a story as adventuresome as its telling.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

One would avoid these problems if what I call the chronology protection conjecture holds.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

“Salesman” is more limber in its dramaturgy, shifting locations and blurring chronologies.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Using tree-ring chronologies allows researchers to look much further back in time without the uncertainty associated with some early instrumental measurements.

From Science Daily May 14, 2024

It’s futile and foolish to demand that a fantasy adhere to the chronologies of our world.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

In the wake of their headline-grabbing Vinland success, the Groningen team is tackling another alluring set of historical puzzles: “floating” chronologies, or ancient, internally consistent timelines that are untethered to specific dates.

From Science Magazine Apr. 13, 2023

The major intellectual pursuit of his last years was a concordance and calibration of the chronologies of ancient civilizations, very much in the tradition of the ancient historians Manetho, Strabo and Eratosthenes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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