chronologically
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The chairs were arranged chronologically to showcase seating traditions in India from pre-colonial to contemporary times, and highlighted global art movements that became popular in the country.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Once inside the gallery, darkened to protect light-sensitive documents and clothing, some of the important battles of the Revolutionary War are laid out chronologically.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
“Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” is curated mostly chronologically and within that, organised around major projects.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
Thirty-nine paintings on canvas and 21 on paper are installed chronologically, the works on paper selected from 70 made during Davis’ lengthy hospitalization.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
Within a few hundred years, the big men acquired *Here, as elsewhere in this book, I am being chronologically inexact.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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