Thesaurus results for CHRONICLING

chronicling

verb

present participle of chronicle

as in describing

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 chronicling With three full-length albums in his rearview mirror, the Canadian singer-songwriter has surpassed 450 million global streams of his deeply pensive tracks chronicling universally existential themes. — Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026 By then, the magazine had already been chronicling life on this tiny patch of the Mediterranean for decades. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026 Both Chang and Erpenbeck are unflinching in chronicling the specific, mundane precautions necessary to lovers under surveillance. — Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 Our pages became the hub for chronicling these innovations—tens of thousands of them, from the sewing machine to the airplane. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026 This year, Rick and Morty — a comedy chronicling the dimension-hopping misadventures of a cynical genius scientist and his anxious teenage grandson — scored its fifth Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Shuang is a leading figure in China’s wave of writers chronicling the decline of the country’s industrial northeast. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026 Louder Than Fear since 2017, chronicling his life dealing with the debilitating effects of post-traumatic stress disorder since surviving a plane crash nine years earlier. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026 Louder Than Fear chronicling his life and career Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge once took their weed smoking a little too far. — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

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OpenAI's investigation, released this week, went considerably further, describing agents that found unauthorized ways to communicate, collaborate and delegate work while attempting to accomplish their objectives.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The company says its technology is being developed to produce both electricity and high-temperature industrial heat, with its website describing temperatures of up to about 2012°F (1,100°C).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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Clancy then began taking Zoloft, prompting immediate difficulty, Heilbrun said, recounting the symptoms and treatments in the lead-up to the death of Clancy's children months later in January 2023.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
Bianco began recounting the vote using sheriff’s officials under the supervision of a special master appointed by a court but suspended it days later, citing mounting legal challenges from the state attorney general and a voting rights group.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of recounting

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Those are police officers and people up high at CPD, literally calling me, meeting with us, telling us that morale’s at an all-time low.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Dawadi ordered those already there to leave and called bus drivers, telling them to only stop at safer places.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of telling

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With Diane Lane narrating from Eleanor’s journals during that time, Making Marie Antoinette transcends a behind-the-scenes special and becomes a much more intimate look into the artistry of a mother and daughter in conversation with each other.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
As All In Goes Over Curfew Will Ospreay had the best entrance of the night, with his mum narrating his journey to the top of AEW.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of narrating

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