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annals

[an-lz]

noun (used with a plural verb)

a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.

historical records generally: the annals of war.

a periodical publication containing the formal reports of an organization or learned field.

Origin:
1555–65; (< Middle French ) < Latin annālēs (librī) literally, yearly (books), plural of annālis continuing for a year, annual, equivalent to ann(us) a year + ālis -al¹

Synonyms
1, 2. chronicles, history.

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There is a new installment in the annals of loneliness.

But this is simply an unusually blatant example to add to the annals of journalistic collusion with government.

In the annals of inventing, ingenuity and eccentricity often seem to go hand in hand.

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But this is simply an unusually blatant example to add to the annals of journalistic collusion with government.

In the annals of inventing, ingenuity and eccentricity often seem to go hand in hand.

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In the annals of science fiction, humans and non-avian dinosaurs have been brought together in a variety of ways.

The annals of marketing and design are filled with tales of products that gained widespread popularity for unintended uses.

In the annals of life, insects are one of the great success stories.

The other, the mechanical transistor, sounds as if it has been lifted from the annals of the industrial revolution.

The monastery's later annals are a catalog of desecrations.

I've heard a whole slew from the annals of his family's lore.

There are countless examples of failure in the annals of technological history.

Until late last year the dealmaking had been safely consigned to the annals of shareholder-value destruction.

It will become an enduring origin story in the annals of science, and it may even be true.

The annals of industrial policy abound with examples of efforts that have been hijacked in such a manner.

And thus began the journey from the flights of fantasy to the annals of science.

Their answers may not tally with the wisdom found in the annals of law or psychology.

He will be remembered in tech annals as the inventor of rubberized, waterproof clothing.

In the annals of crime, there are serial murderers, and then there are the serial authors.

The installation of more chair-back seats is hardly an epic renovation in the annals of the facilities arms race.

It covers their annals from the earliest times to the beginning of the great war and will be contained.

Watson was recruited for the panel because of his lofty place in the annals of crystallography and his interest in education.

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In the annals of psychiatric literature, there was a case of a man diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type.

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She is a distinct and conspicuous figure in the annals of the war.

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Of course, in the annals of maritime prope rty rights, militarist undertones are nothi ng new.

Here's something new in the annals of made-for-cable movies: a dysfunctional family of three in outer space.

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World English Dictionary

annals (ˈæn^əlz)

—*pl n*
1.	yearly records of events, generally in chronological order
2.	history or records of history in general
3.	regular reports of the work of a society, learned body, etc

[C16: from Latin (librī) annālēs yearly (books), from annus year]

'annalist

—n

annal'istic

—*adj*

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annals

1560s, from L. annales libri "chronicles," lit. "yearly books," from pl. of annalis "pertaining to a year," from annus "year" (see annual). Annalize "record in annals" is attested from 1610s.

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