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annals

 
/ˈæn·əlz/ pl n

Definition

the record of an activity or organization, arranged year by year, or a history that covers a long period of time: This period was one of the darkest in the annals of US history.
(Definition of annals pl n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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