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story <-ries> [ˈstɔ:rɪ] N

2. story (news report):

story
story

detective story N

short story N

cock-and-bull story <-ies> [ˌkɒkənˈbʊlˌstɔ:rɪ, Am ˌkɑ:k-] N

Usage examples with story

scare story
humorous story
success story
to tell a story
so the story goes
that's a likely story! iron
shaggy dog story
end of story
the bare bones of a story
he wants me to tell him a story

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The story line is telegraphed from word one and the meticulous unfolding plot plods ahead inexorably without the slightest bit of suspense.
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As a journalist, you often think that it's a great story or it's world-shattering in some way.
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The second story contains two bedrooms, a parlor, and a dining room.
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Public records show she bought her three-story row house at foreclosure for $500 in the 1970s.
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The rest of the story took me awhile, but the beginning and the end just flew into my head.
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The story then provides an epilogue with several vignettes that take place over the next sixty years.
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Every story arc has several missions attached to it.
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However, the nameless story-teller is unable to free himself from his own position that carries cultural and economic benefits.
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The second story and both towers are sided with patterned shingles.
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The story celebrates love as well as exposes its dark side of tormenting its patrons in pursuit of it.
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