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Type Words
Synonyms chronological record
Type of account, chronicle, history, story
Derivation annalist, annalistic
Type Words
Type of journal
Derivation annalist, annalistic

Examples of annals

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He was also traded nine times, tied for most in league annals with Brent Ashton.
From the newsobserver.com
In the annals of Wilco history, the importance of Loose Fur can't be overstated.
From the washingtonpost.com
Still, adding Page to the annals of great CEOs at this point would be premature.
From the tech.fortune.cnn.com
He is the leading rusher in Brown history and ranks fourth in Ivy League annals.
From the usatoday.com
Do the ghost-written books count as proper entries in the annals of Nancy Drew?
From the economist.com
That line is a good candidate for the annals of timeless political absurdities.
From the washingtonpost.com
The partnership became one of the most successful in the annals of garden design.
From the washingtonpost.com
Thus, this will go down as the worst late-season defeat at home in club annals.
From the jsonline.com
The memory of Iraq's destruction will never fade from the annals of Arab history.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
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  • Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
  • A chronological account of events in successive years
  • Annals (Latin Annales, from annus, a year) are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year.
  • The Annals (Annales) is a history book by Tacitus covering the reign of the four Roman Emperors succeeding to Caesar Augustus. The parts of the work that survived from antiquity cover most of the reigns of Tiberius and Nero.
  • A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened; Historical records; chronicles; history; A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science
  • Used in the titles of learned journals:Annals of Internal Medicine
  • A periodical in which the transactions of a society or organization, or events and developments in a specific discipline or field of study, are recorded (example: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, published since 1890). ...