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
So will a Seoul amateur coach chronicling his climb through Spain's lower divisions, and a Monterrey freestyle rapper who turns match analysis into bars.
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Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Pivarnick, 39, has been chronicling her fertility journey during the ninth and final season of the reality series.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
The Times also earned first place in event coverage for the staff’s work chronicling the Dodgers World Series Game 7 win, tying with the Dallas Morning News for top honors.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Cameras are officially rolling on Hamburg Days, a prestige drama series chronicling the early years of The Beatles.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Highlights at the museum will include a full-scale replica of Barack Obama's Oval Office, special short films dedicated to the former president's campaign volunteers and Americans who wrote to him and exhibits chronicling Michelle Obama's fashion and the Obama administration's achievements.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Here in California, though, the section’s been given something of an unexpected makeover, moving beyond chronicling celebrity canoodling into serious entertainment journalism.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Although smaller, the museum at Fort Guadalupe offers a detailed, interactive exhibit chronicling the battle.
—Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
Vantage Media has acquired North American distribution rights to a documentary chronicling the career of Boy George and the legendary band Culture Club and dropped the first trailer for the film.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Pivarnick, 39, has been chronicling her fertility journey during the ninth and final season of the reality series.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
The Times also earned first place in event coverage for the staff’s work chronicling the Dodgers World Series Game 7 win, tying with the Dallas Morning News for top honors.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Cameras are officially rolling on Hamburg Days, a prestige drama series chronicling the early years of The Beatles.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Highlights at the museum will include a full-scale replica of Barack Obama's Oval Office, special short films dedicated to the former president's campaign volunteers and Americans who wrote to him and exhibits chronicling Michelle Obama's fashion and the Obama administration's achievements.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Here in California, though, the section’s been given something of an unexpected makeover, moving beyond chronicling celebrity canoodling into serious entertainment journalism.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Although smaller, the museum at Fort Guadalupe offers a detailed, interactive exhibit chronicling the battle.
—Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
Vantage Media has acquired North American distribution rights to a documentary chronicling the career of Boy George and the legendary band Culture Club and dropped the first trailer for the film.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicling
Verb
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Xi nonetheless struck a more conciliatory tone when describing the overall relationship.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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What Blankfein is describing isn’t a hypothetical.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Vadim begins by recounting his youth as the privileged son of a Soviet-era official who was cast aside under the liberalizing Gorbachev regime; the reversal of fortune roused the young Vadim to make the most of his life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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The new release consists of 161 files, most of which are PDFs recounting investigative reports and eyewitness testimonials (including from a few Apollo astronauts, who saw some strange things near the moon).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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While in the clinic, behind the gee-wizardry of the modern diagnostics and next-generation medications, the practice of endocrinology remains rooted in one person telling their story and the other trying to interpret it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Her boyfriend, who had cuts to his arms and face, called 911, telling dispatch that someone had dropped a rock from the overpass.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2026
Verb
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The young players seem to like how Harbaugh is teaching and relating, too.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sally Field and Lewis Pullman play unlikely companions in a small seaside town, joined by a narrating octopus voiced by Alfred Molina.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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Would-be influencers held up their phones, narrating the situation for their livestreams.—
Robin Romm,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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“Chronicling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicling. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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