chronology
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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
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“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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