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annal
[ an-l ]
noun
- a record of events of a particular year:
an annal of the year 753.
- a single record or entry in a historical chronicle:
A later scribe has added to the annal.
- one of the periodic formal reports of an organization or learned field:
The proceedings will be published as an Annal of the Academy.
annal
/ 藞忙苍蓹濒 /
noun
- the recorded events of one year See also annals
Example Sentences
On Valentine鈥檚 Day, the New York Times puzzle known as Spelling Bee gave me the gift of annal.
I would argue that annal is more likely to be used than attar, hondo, tori, torii, nene, and abbacy, just a sampling of the words that have eluded me in the past six months that I have been working the Bee on a daily basis.
The man who crafts this daily puzzle, Sam Ezersky, is still ambivalent about annal, and says its longtime ban generated more complaints than any other word in the puzzle鈥檚 history.
鈥淲e didn鈥檛 want to end up in the same scenario as when we had that difficult transition to mobile,鈥 says CEO Mat Annal.
鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely a problem getting noticed,鈥 admits Annal.
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