as in script
the written form of a story prepared for film production
submitted a scenario to the producers
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Recent Examples of scenario
That scenario may feel distant, but the principle is not.
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Sandra Matz, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
By 2027, under the high-rate scenario, interest costs would overtake Medicare spending to become the second-largest government program — eclipsed only by Social Security.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 May 2026
This scenario highlights the importance of a multilayer public health response, experts say.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
As Orange County residents are well aware, a highly toxic chemical in a storage tank began to uncontrollably overheat — leaving a likely scenario of an explosion or a chemical leak.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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Sandra Matz, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
By 2027, under the high-rate scenario, interest costs would overtake Medicare spending to become the second-largest government program — eclipsed only by Social Security.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 May 2026
This scenario highlights the importance of a multilayer public health response, experts say.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
As Orange County residents are well aware, a highly toxic chemical in a storage tank began to uncontrollably overheat — leaving a likely scenario of an explosion or a chemical leak.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scenario
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Plenty of gossip also leaked out from behind the scenes — rumors that the actors were overworked, and that Levinson’s constant and last-minute script changes cost time and money and drove some of them to the verge of quitting.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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Scorsese and his crew had fifty-eight days to shoot a hundred-and-twenty-page screenplay that mostly takes place outdoors.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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Hess also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Galletta.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
30 May 2026
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“Scenario.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenario. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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