Annals
noun
A record of events year by year.
The annals of the church include several significant events.
Often appears as...
- annals of history
- annals of time
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Academic
noun
A regular update or report on a particular topic.
The Annals of Applied Biology is a scientific journal covering research in agriculture, horticulture and crop science.
Often appears as...
- annals of applied biology
- annals of mathematics
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Formal
Academic
noun
A record of events year by year.
The annals of the church include several significant events.
Often appears as...
- annals of history
- annals of time
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A regular update or report on a particular topic.
The Annals of Applied Biology is a scientific journal covering research in agriculture, horticulture and crop science.
Often appears as...
- annals of applied biology
- annals of mathematics
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Record
Used to emphasize the documented history and noteworthy events collected over time.
Her achievements were so extraordinary they found a place in the annals of sports history.
Pro Tip 2/3Chronological Importance
Implies the events are organized from oldest to newest, highlighting their development.
The annals of the ancient kingdom reveal its rise and fall through centuries.
Pro Tip 3/3Gravitas
Carries a weight of historical or scholarly significance when used, signaling serious content.
The professor referred to the annals to explain the significant trends in medieval Europe.
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Killer Whales "Gang Up"...
either released or it escaped and in one case there was one seal that was dumped into the water five times as though that actually ever being killed the animals seem to be actually just practicing is the seal the annals proceeded to do the same thing a lot of spyhopping around it
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The punishable perils of...
When brain child snatchers get together, they form a kidnapping ring, which involves brain child snatching from multiple sources. Some perpetrators have even been known to commit self-plagiarism, one of the laziest crimes in the annals of the D.P.I.
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Beeban Kidron: The...
an organization that ran weekly film screenings in schools followed by discussions. If we could raid the annals of 100 years of film, maybe we could build a narrative that would deliver meaning to the fragmented and restless world of the young.
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Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
creating and meaningfully putting a dent in poverty for hundreds of millions of people, has to be based in being open-minded, because these systems have good things and they have bad things. Just to illustrate, I went into my annals of myself.
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
Now, it's fairly easy to find rocks of the right age at this point, because the Earth is, to a coarse degree, geologically mapped. This is hard-won information. The annals of Earth history are written in rocks, one chapter upon the next,
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Advocating for gender...
on gender as it happens my co-director an aids-free world Paula Donovan had put forward the year before for the first time in the annals of multilateralism the proposition that the UN should have an international agency for women the
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Economic growth has...
of upward mobility, opportunity and improved living standards. Without growth, countries contract and atrophy, not just in the annals of economic statistics but also in the meaning of life and how lives are lived.
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How do you build a...
because this would be the last of the continental temples and would open the door for national and local temples to be built around the world. And the brief was deceptively simple and unique in the annals of
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Why should you read...
when he conflated and adapted the stories of a murderous 11th century Scottish King named Macbeth and those of several other Scottish nobles. He found their annals in Hollinshed's "Chronicles,"
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History through the eyes...
The annals of Ancient Egyptian king Thutmose III described a marvelous foreign bird that “gives birth daily.” Zoroastrians viewed them as spirits
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Killer Whales "Gang Up"...
either released or it escaped and in one case there was one seal that was dumped into the water five times as though that actually ever being killed the animals seem to be actually just practicing is the seal the annals proceeded to do the same thing a lot of spyhopping around it
Video examples
The punishable perils of...
When brain child snatchers get together, they form a kidnapping ring, which involves brain child snatching from multiple sources. Some perpetrators have even been known to commit self-plagiarism, one of the laziest crimes in the annals of the D.P.I.
Video examples
Beeban Kidron: The...
an organization that ran weekly film screenings in schools followed by discussions. If we could raid the annals of 100 years of film, maybe we could build a narrative that would deliver meaning to the fragmented and restless world of the young.
Video examples
Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
creating and meaningfully putting a dent in poverty for hundreds of millions of people, has to be based in being open-minded, because these systems have good things and they have bad things. Just to illustrate, I went into my annals of myself.
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
Now, it's fairly easy to find rocks of the right age at this point, because the Earth is, to a coarse degree, geologically mapped. This is hard-won information. The annals of Earth history are written in rocks, one chapter upon the next,
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
on gender as it happens my co-director an aids-free world Paula Donovan had put forward the year before for the first time in the annals of multilateralism the proposition that the UN should have an international agency for women the
Video examples
Economic growth has...
of upward mobility, opportunity and improved living standards. Without growth, countries contract and atrophy, not just in the annals of economic statistics but also in the meaning of life and how lives are lived.
Video examples
How do you build a...
because this would be the last of the continental temples and would open the door for national and local temples to be built around the world. And the brief was deceptively simple and unique in the annals of
Video examples
Why should you read...
when he conflated and adapted the stories of a murderous 11th century Scottish King named Macbeth and those of several other Scottish nobles. He found their annals in Hollinshed's "Chronicles,"
Video examples
History through the eyes...
The annals of Ancient Egyptian king Thutmose III described a marvelous foreign bird that “gives birth daily.” Zoroastrians viewed them as spirits
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
I will do everything in my power to ensure that our United Nations can live up to its name, and be truly united; so that we can live up to the hopes that so many people around the world place in this institution, which is unique in the annals of human history.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
May the friends of America rejoice! May her enemies be humbled and her censors silenced at the news of her noble exertions in continuance of those principles which have placed her so high in the annals of history and among the nations of the earth.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
History does not record in its annals any lasting domination exercised by one people over another, of different race, of diverse usages and customs, of opposite and divergent ideals. One of the two had to yield and succumb.
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Alice Morse Earle
American Historian
The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern.
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Tony Snow
American Journalist
Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.
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Edward Everett
American Statesman
And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.
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Montesquieu
French Philosopher
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Happy the people whose annals are vacant.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
Quote examples
Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
I will do everything in my power to ensure that our United Nations can live up to its name, and be truly united; so that we can live up to the hopes that so many people around the world place in this institution, which is unique in the annals of human history.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
May the friends of America rejoice! May her enemies be humbled and her censors silenced at the news of her noble exertions in continuance of those principles which have placed her so high in the annals of history and among the nations of the earth.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
History does not record in its annals any lasting domination exercised by one people over another, of different race, of diverse usages and customs, of opposite and divergent ideals. One of the two had to yield and succumb.
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Alice Morse Earle
American Historian
The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern.
Quote examples
Tony Snow
American Journalist
Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.
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Edward Everett
American Statesman
And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.
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Montesquieu
French Philosopher
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Happy the people whose annals are vacant.
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