1
as in stories
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
a chronicle of their adventure on the river
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2
as in annals
an account of important events in the order in which they happened
only sketchy information about King Arthur can be found in the chronicles of ancient England
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as in describes
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
the book chronicles the efforts of two climbers to scale Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of chronicles
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Actor, director, producer and podcaster LeVar Burton will narrate the new audiobook for The Martian Chronicles, set to be published on July 1.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Poulter's career began with early roles in Son of Rambow (2007) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
As part of his role as co-founder, Oliveros served as an executive producer on Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, which premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, and was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Perhaps best known for co-authoring the The Spiderwick Chronicles, the bestselling fantasy author, 53, released her adult debut — and introduced readers to one Charlie Hall — in 2022 with Book of Night.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Shimomura also composed the soundtracks for such games as Xenoblade Chronicles, Streets of Rage, the Mana series, Super Mario RPG, Live A Live, Radiant Historia, Parasite Eve, Breather of Fire, and Street Fighter II.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
The Virtuosity Chronicles with Dixon Ward relays his insights.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That movie was one of the most influential of my childhood, along with Star Wars and books like The Chronicles of Narnia and The Prydain Chronicles.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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British actress Emma Mackey has nabbed the coveted role of the evil spellcaster in Narnia, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia fantasy novels.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Actor, director, producer and podcaster LeVar Burton will narrate the new audiobook for The Martian Chronicles, set to be published on July 1.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Poulter's career began with early roles in Son of Rambow (2007) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
As part of his role as co-founder, Oliveros served as an executive producer on Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, which premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, and was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Perhaps best known for co-authoring the The Spiderwick Chronicles, the bestselling fantasy author, 53, released her adult debut — and introduced readers to one Charlie Hall — in 2022 with Book of Night.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Shimomura also composed the soundtracks for such games as Xenoblade Chronicles, Streets of Rage, the Mana series, Super Mario RPG, Live A Live, Radiant Historia, Parasite Eve, Breather of Fire, and Street Fighter II.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
The Virtuosity Chronicles with Dixon Ward relays his insights.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That movie was one of the most influential of my childhood, along with Star Wars and books like The Chronicles of Narnia and The Prydain Chronicles.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicles
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Happy holidays and Forbes Daily will return to your inbox with the day’s top stories on January 3.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Vogue Beauty The biggest beauty stories, trends, and product recommendations.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The future Clark describes isn’t science fiction.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Google’s post about this feature describes it as a way to help you tune hearing aids into audio broadcasts, but the technology has wider applications.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
13 Mar. 2025
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Also, both goalies have spotty injury histories.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Catalogs of data like mine abound in Netflix viewing histories, prehistoric Facebook posts, and, now, dialogues with ChatGPT—imprints of the way the web informs and commoditizes work and friendship, sorrow and joy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Unrepentant, a new book by Peter Edwards, tells the story of Campbell—now in his 60s—from his violent upbringing and hard-partying ways, to a relentless dedication to the biker lifestyle.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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By Monica Sager Live News Reporter 10 North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx fell while walking down the marble staircase outside the House chamber, her communications team tells Newsweek.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Over a simple club beat and some brassy horns on the chorus, the rapper narrates a particularly wild night out, all while still maintaining his status as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2025
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In addition to Hall, who narrates the show as Dexter, and Harris, the cast will include Uma Thurman, David Zayas, Jack Alcott, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, Emilia Suárez, James Remar, Harry Morgan and Peter Dinklage.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Ex-haredim such as Shalom Auslander are writing remarkable memoirs and novels.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Several climbers who survived the storm wrote memoirs about their experience on the mountain.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The texture of traditional versions is gloopy, closer to melted ice cream than anything else.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Approximately 134 countries, including across the G20, are exploring digital versions of their currencies.—
Alex Lazarow,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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For more money diaries, click here.—
R29 Team,
refinery29.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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By 1977, Bennett transitioned to running Graphic Image full-time, expanding the business beyond diaries using his leather bookbinding expertise.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Chronicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicles. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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