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short stories

NOUN
short work of fiction
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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At first it was short stories, then came Trespasses in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The researchers then increased the complexity of the experiment by playing short stories while continuing to record brain activity.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

“A Landscape Painter,” one of his earliest short stories, follows the antiheroic Locksley, a painter with one foot in both of the neighborhood’s social worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, suggests the purchases were largely a pose: In his memoir, he wrote that aside from some short stories and Colette’s “Cheri” she likely never read anything start to finish.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

He loved to read short stories aloud, taking all the parts, providing all the sound effects.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier



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