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A story about imaginary events : an exciting or dramatic story A story about someone’s actual experiences An exciting story that may not be completely true A series of events or facts told or presented : An account A usually imaginative narrative of an event : A story https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tale Noun 1. A narrative that…
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