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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So much so that Nintendo wanted another on Wii U, Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015).
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2010 alone, the actor appeared in Clash of Titans, The A-Team and The Next Three Days, lent his voice to The Wildest Dream documentary and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and appeared in the TV shows The Big C and Cubed.
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So, there’s no better time for the publisher to dust off the series' black sheep, Xenoblade Chronicles X. Plucked from the depths of the Wii U’s library and refreshed for the Switch, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition ($59.99) is a remaster of the 2015 original.
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The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
So much so that Nintendo wanted another on Wii U, Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015).
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2010 alone, the actor appeared in Clash of Titans, The A-Team and The Next Three Days, lent his voice to The Wildest Dream documentary and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and appeared in the TV shows The Big C and Cubed.
—Kayla Keegan, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
So, there’s no better time for the publisher to dust off the series' black sheep, Xenoblade Chronicles X. Plucked from the depths of the Wii U’s library and refreshed for the Switch, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition ($59.99) is a remaster of the 2015 original.
—PCMAG, 18 Mar. 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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