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scenario

[si-nair-ee-oh, -nahr-] / sɪˈnɛər iˌoʊ, -ˈnɑr- /


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It’s a familiar scenario: A civil servant gets laid off and moves back in with family, far from Washington, D.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Lose the first game at Hampden and the nightmare scenario of finishing bottom - and suffering relegation to League C - is also still a possibility.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He cited a few reasons why he believes stocks would be particularly vulnerable in such a scenario.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Confidence in that scenario took a blow Wednesday when Google reported that its own AI offerings are bleeding growth from its cash-cow search ads, with monetization of AI-style queries still a work in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The clown turned to Horace and said, “How’s your best-case scenario looking now, fella?”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

“He would run two, three, four different scenarios by me, and I would put the kibosh on him until we finally said, ‘Yes, this one,’ ” Payne said in a 2023 interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

At the same time, some have vastly expanded the range of worst-case scenarios they have planned for, going beyond their traditional drills for events such as power outages, fires or armed militia near polling places.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Williams: It's still a theoretical result, but it opens up the possibility of much more efficient ways of computing in an enormous variety of scenarios.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

As he and the NFL finalise their medical preparations for the Madrid game, Dr Mihic expects them to discuss scenarios such as that involving Hurts.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

“It is not in our programming to make unfounded guesses based on scenarios where we do not yet have adequate data,” Journey answers.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga


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