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- noun Plural form of
telling .
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Examples
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But with all the "tellings" that buzzed between the three households, nobody thought of telling Mrs. Maitland.
The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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As the circles expand to include those who used to be invisible, marginalized, despised, our tellings of Thanksgiving become more nuanced and layered, and they shimmer with flashes of color they previously lacked.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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As the circles expand to include those who used to be invisible, marginalized, despised, our tellings of Thanksgiving become more nuanced and layered, and they shimmer with flashes of color they previously lacked.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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Only after many tellings am I able to relay this story without crying.
May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.: Kafka and the Doll: The Pervasiveness of Loss May Benatar 2011
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These cacophanous tellings were first viewed as threats, eclipsing what it means to be American.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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These cacophanous tellings were first viewed as threats, eclipsing what it means to be American.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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Smallville has proven that the "official history" can be changed in ways that make a story truer to the spirit of the original than other more faithful re-tellings.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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So, Thanksgiving expanded to include two incompatible tellings -- the tale as told by Puritans and a very different perspective as recounted by Native Americans.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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When a campaign -- either electoral or legislative -- fails, we hear all about this: Staffers anonymously complain that there was no plan, that the internal communication had broken down, that Rahm Emanuel yells too much or, in more recent tellings, too little.
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So, Thanksgiving expanded to include two incompatible tellings -- the tale as told by Puritans and a very different perspective as recounted by Native Americans.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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