word history
Example Sentences
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They are on the verge of landing in the record books this Emmy season and they also have, for lack of a better word, history.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021
The word history comes ultimately from Ancient Greek historía, meaning “inquiry,” “knowledge from inquiry,” or “judge.”
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
When we remember this, it seems ridiculous to restrict the word "history" to the civilised period.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
I suppose that many who now connect the very word history with the idea of dulness, would have been fond and diligent students of history if it had had fair access to their minds.
From Friends in Council — First Series by Helps, Arthur, Sir
In a word, history and chronology have no rights which a poet, as such, is bound to respect.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
