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 Almand has been chronicling his whole journey on Instagram, and there’s a tracker on Extreme’s website that allows people to follow his location. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 In October 2024, Van Halen released the memoir Brothers, chronicling his life with Eddie from their childhood to the end of the original Van Halen lineup in 1984. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026 Supposedly, the documentary crew that followed Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch has moved on to its next project, chronicling a Midwestern newspaper's struggle to survive. — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026 The pair formed a decades-long friendship that Sean recalled in Roberta, a documentary chronicling her life. — Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 About the Author Nashville Lifestyles magazine, chronicling the city’s transformation into a world-class destination for entertainment, food, and shopping. — Alison Abbey Hudak, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 The Decoy Plane, a documentary chronicling the ruse, on Friday, September 4. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 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 The site contains tens of thousands of books, photographs, and artifacts chronicling Nigerian history, from the transatlantic slave-trade era to the present. — Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Aug. 2026

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Patrick Clancy, the prosecution’s first witness, spent two days on the stand describing her downward spiral despite her efforts to seek psychiatric treatment.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Maresca has also probably muddied the waters by refusing to identify a preferred holding midfielder and describing both new players in similar terms.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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Still, a couple of other moments from that January night are worth recounting one last time before the Bears charge into this season.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Some of the former models, like Holly Hallstrom and Kathleen Bradley, participated in the documentary, recounting some of their negative experiences being sexualized on the show.

— Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of recounting

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The first online evacuation order came on August 5 for residents of Mansouri, near Tyre, though Israel had already dropped leaflets on the village just a week into the ceasefire, telling ‌residents to leave ahead of strikes.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Antonelli had doubted his chances of such a fightback on Thursday, telling reporters that getting back into the top five was a realistic target.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of telling

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Once roles are introduced to the game, the players make a comedy meal out of loudly fake narrating what Sam is doing while they’re blindfolded.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Octavia Spencer also took home her first Emmy for narrating Lost Women of Alaska, and The Traitors‘ Alan Cumming extended his winning streak for best reality tv host.

— HollywoodReporter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of narrating

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