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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicling
  1. describing
  2. recounting
  3. telling
  4. relating
  5. narrating
Verb
  • 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
Definition of describing
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Under its terms, the incentive allows a 35% to 50% credit on qualified expenses relating specifically to postproduction in California.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Relationship science draws a useful line here between two ways of relating.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of relating
Verb
  • 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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“Chronicling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicling. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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