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 The bookshelf in our king-bedroom suite featured a variety of titles - from coffee table books chronicling early twentieth-century Miami to art history books to beachy novels. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 Both have over 100,000 social media followers, amassed by chronicling their high-society lifestyle and their beauty. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Janus Films presents the l4K re-release of Douglas Keeve’s Unzipped, chronicling the launch of Isaac Mizrahi’s legendary Fall 1994 collection, at Film Forum in NYC. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 She was known for her work chronicling the early punk rock scene, capturing artists like Iggy Pop, the Ramones, Debbie Harry and Blondie, Richard Hell, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026 Ever since 1994’s Little Odessa, James Gray has been chronicling the lives of New York’s outer-borough residents in films that crossbreed autobiography with genre. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Christian and Adam Bonke will present Perfect Road, chronicling a man living as a nomad on his bicycle for 10 years. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 The allegations against Morris first came to light in 2024, after Clemishire shared her story with the Wartburg Watch, a blog chronicling cases of church abuse. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The series takes viewers behind the scenes of Wang and her husband Brandon Yankowitz’s path to the altar, chronicling their October 2024 engagement to their October 2025 wedding in Florence, Italy. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicling
  1. describing
  2. recounting
  3. telling
  4. relating
  5. narrating
Verb
  • After describing a recent experience of hers involving day-old Lebanese kibbeh nayyeh, Modica laughs.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • After our investigation, my colleagues and I published a paper describing the anthrax cases from contaminated mail.
    — Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of describing
Verb
  • Chapek, in recounting his 30-year career at the Mouse House, offers a number of other revelations in the memoir.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Jones is, as she’s proven throughout her career, immensely adept at capturing a multitude of personae with quick shifts of posture, timbre, and accent, though in this case, a sameness comes with recounting so much recent political conversation.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of recounting
Verb
  • Now, sources are telling royal insider Rob Shuter that even his late mother’s friends and family are keeping their distance.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Its forecast for the current quarter was also disappointing, with the CEO telling analysts houses are less affordable and there are fewer qualified buyers with 30-year mortgages hitting 7%.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • The incentive would allow a 35% to 50% credit on qualified expenses relating specifically to post-production in California.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 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
  • Two years ago, Shen Anyu, a voice actor who earns a living from narrating news commentaries and other short programs, began noticing an alarming number of videos on social-media platforms that seemed to feature his voice without his permission.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of narrating

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“Chronicling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicling. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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