Chronicles
noun
Chron·i·cles
ˈkrä-ni-kəlz 
plural in form but singular in construction
: either of two historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
called also Paralipomenon
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The Dončić Chronicles will be must-see TV for the rest of the season.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Hanif Kureishi is tweeting for his life Two weeks after the accident, Carlo, one of his three sons, revived the dormant Substack, The Kureishi Chronicles, that his father had once launched.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
For one, the well is drier—even cult favorite titles such as Xenoblade Chronicles X, The Wonderful 101, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (a crossover between Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei and Nintendo's Fire Emblem series) have made the transition to Switch.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
Much of the content touches on the exemplary reporting from her 2007 book The Diana Chronicles, but the 15 years between books left quite a bit of new ground to cover, especially given the introduction of both Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to the family.
—Allie Merriam, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Hanif Kureishi is tweeting for his life Two weeks after the accident, Carlo, one of his three sons, revived the dormant Substack, The Kureishi Chronicles, that his father had once launched.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
For one, the well is drier—even cult favorite titles such as Xenoblade Chronicles X, The Wonderful 101, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (a crossover between Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei and Nintendo's Fire Emblem series) have made the transition to Switch.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
Much of the content touches on the exemplary reporting from her 2007 book The Diana Chronicles, but the 15 years between books left quite a bit of new ground to cover, especially given the introduction of both Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to the family.
—Allie Merriam, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
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Chronicles
noun
Chron·i·cles
ˈkrän-i-kəlz
: either of two historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
called also Paralipomenon
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