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historical

Definition for historical

adjective as in recorded as actually having happened

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By now the historical amnesia is almost total.

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“Despite being elevated relative to historical norms, technology sector returns and valuations are not near levels reached by the market peak of the dot-com bubble in 2000,” Wells Fargo said in the note.

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"We have those communities because of our historical links and our past history as a big colonial nation," he added.

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Despite the hurdles, Jacir says she has never had so many people want to know the historical background behind one of her movies.

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If Spain in the 1930s may look racially homogeneous from our supposedly enlightened point of view, Kaufman indirectly makes the point that such definitions are always subjective, and subject to historical revision.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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