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as in story
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party
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as in tale
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
in such narratives as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter," Edgar Allan Poe essentially created the modern detective story
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Recent Examples of narrative
The narrative kicks off with seven people answering a curious invitation from enigmatic inventor, Nikola Tesla, to make amends for their darkest wrongdoings.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Use this Venusian energy to regain control of the narrative by taking responsibility, making an effort, and putting your best foot forward.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 June 2025
From now on, its focus when developing titles will fall into four key categories: mainstream, narrative, kids, and party games.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 June 2025
After October 7th, an online movement redefined the Israeli-Palestinian narrative, using social media to challenge corporate and political interests’ intent on suppressing the truth.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Use this Venusian energy to regain control of the narrative by taking responsibility, making an effort, and putting your best foot forward.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 June 2025
From now on, its focus when developing titles will fall into four key categories: mainstream, narrative, kids, and party games.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 June 2025
After October 7th, an online movement redefined the Israeli-Palestinian narrative, using social media to challenge corporate and political interests’ intent on suppressing the truth.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrative
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For beautiful views of the Tennessee River and Wilson Dam, head to this greenspace with a scenic 1.3-mile trail along the waterfront with interpretive displays sharing stories about Florence’s history.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Where Bailey lands is probably going to tell the tale of his career.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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The page lists half a dozen directorial projects Ford is attached to, including ferry disaster tragedy Wahine out of New Zealand, fantasy tale The King of Light – The Order of the Dark Gods, and comedy Food Fight.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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Here’s a chronology of some of the events that have rocked the company in the past six months.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Brennan focused more on analyzing evidence than on showing the chronology of events when questioning witnesses, as did the lead prosecutor in Read’s first trial.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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The novella takes place over Christmas night, contained to the equivalent of a one-act play in the character Marie’s bleak apartment.—
Diana Arterian
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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With his company, River Reader Kayaking, Hensel takes visitors on history, sunset, and nature tours along the Waccamaw River and through the Murrells Inlet marsh.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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The challenges: Tight spaces and dense history Moving a building of this size is tough enough, but the challenge is multiplied by Zhangyuan's dense web of narrow alleys and closely packed historic buildings.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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These trip itineraries can also be saved to your account to book later or become easily shareable with friends.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Nelson shared the same message to his Instagram account.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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With narration by Maya Hawke over footage culled from hundreds of sources from TV commercials to blockbuster films, the doc by Alex Ross Perry is the story of an industry’s glorious, confusing, novel, sometimes seedy, but undeniably seismic impact on American movie culture.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 July 2025
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The key to a Whelan narration is close collaboration.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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For the record, the ornamental shape is composed of four partial As, the first letter in Autista, the logo spelled out in a vaguely medieval-looking font.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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The last feature, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (2020), earned $507 million at the global box office and still holds the record as the highest-grossing anime movie of all time as well as the most successful Japanese film worldwide.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
28 June 2025
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“Narrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrative. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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