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historical

[hi-stawr-i-kuhl, -stor-] / hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr- /


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Leased facilities account for the remaining 47%, compared with a roughly 25% historical average, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

One of Presner’s class exercises has students use language models to build historical narratives, then manipulate them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

What this historical evidence shows is that, during a critical period of development, even relatively small differences in sugar exposure over a short period may leave effects that are still observable half a century later.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Bauer researches historical and contemporary right-wing movements in the United States and recently wrote a book called “Making the Liberal Media.”

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

“Mr. Gibbon,” he announced, and held up the first volume of Mr. Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece of historical narrative, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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