chronology
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There had been a trend in museum science away from this, and away from straight chronology.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Lawyers for the baby's family said the test results "provided the clearest opportunity to detect and stop Letby" and were "a bright line within the chronology after which no babies should have been harmed".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Rhys: No, because I think the chronology is laid out beautifully throughout the series and you’re kind of led in a way where it unfolds very organically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 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
The files on the murders of the Osage contained history in its rawest form: bits of data vacuumed up without any chronology or narrative, like a novel whose pages were out of order.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
“Salesman” is more limber in its dramaturgy, shifting locations and blurring chronologies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
These spikes can be accurately dated on the basis of long tree-ring chronologies, and because they are global events, they are important anchor points, especially in regions without consistent annual growth ring chronologies.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 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
We now have dozens of chronologies of hurricane activity at different locations — including New England, the Florida Gulf Coast, the Florida Keys and Belize — that reveal decade- to century-scale patterns in hurricane frequency.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2022
Indians in the northern Great Plains kept “winter counts,” oral chronologies of the most important events in each year.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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