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 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 Journalist Sebastian Mallaby spent three years chronicling Hassabis and DeepMind, logging about 30 hours with the man himself and interviewing those in his orbit – including his detractors. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

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Without that foundation, the math Dimon and Scaramucci are describing simply does not hold in the American context.

— Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Prosecutors read records from the facility describing Clancy’s largely routine actions on her children’s birthdays and the anniversaries of the killings.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of describing

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As the recording played, with Davis recounting seeing the ambulance that was carrying the rapper, Shakur’s sister clenched her left hand against her mouth.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Players entered the home locker room after practice, drenched and recounting the biggest moments of the day with fist bumps and high fives littering the room.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of recounting

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Kronengold and Shaw decided to have some fun with Rao by telling the cast that Amita would have to spend several weekends alone in her trailer with the opossum.

— Emily Gould, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
But away from the sporting arena, the five-day games reveal something telling about why China's winning this technology race.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of telling

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Spencer is Emmy-nominated for narrating the true crime Lost Women docuseries, which gives voice to murdered and disregarded women.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Say what needs to change, keep the fix specific, and protect your energy before resentment starts narrating the whole situation.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of narrating

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