as in historian
a student or writer of history
chroniclers who gave often conflicting accounts of battles, depending upon which side they favored
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Recent Examples of chronicler
Her site, which grew out of a blog about motherhood and home décor, had become perhaps the most popular chronicler of Kennedy’s rise, offering half a million Substack followers an inside look at the Secretary’s new life in the upper echelons of the American right.
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Terms of the deal were not readily available, though both brands have established themselves as media companies targeting the intersection of culture, money, and power (both also frequently feature the writing of longtime Wall Street chronicler Bill Cohan).
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Gotham’s streetwise chronicler of fashion trends is the focus of this feature doc lovingly produced by Philip Gefter, an alum of the New York Times, where Cunningham worked for nearly 40 years.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Terms of the deal were not readily available, though both brands have established themselves as media companies targeting the intersection of culture, money, and power (both also frequently feature the writing of longtime Wall Street chronicler Bill Cohan).
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Gotham’s streetwise chronicler of fashion trends is the focus of this feature doc lovingly produced by Philip Gefter, an alum of the New York Times, where Cunningham worked for nearly 40 years.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicler
historian
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As the late historian Barry Rubin documented in his biography of Arafat, the Palestinian leader used a variety of methods, both buying off and burying his opponents.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Chronicler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicler. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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