as in described
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself
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Recent Examples of narrated
Gus narrated my secret life, myths, and more.
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Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Morally Gray marks the first release under Quinn Features, Quinn’s new banner for elevated, premium audio romances narrated by highly requested rising talent.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Juliette Lewis swaps bodies with a chair in this new surrealist vision from writer-director Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) narrated by Melanie Griffith and co-starring Mamoudou Athie (Kinds of Kindness), Samantha Mathis (American Psycho) and Robin Tunney (The Craft).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Watch a trailer narrated by Michael Perry below.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
The audience roared and cheered as Bad Bunny dance-narrated his way through a slew of scenarios and cities, surrounded by exuberant dancers who moved between salsa and reggeton rhythms.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Kotb, 61, who departed the NBC morning show just over a year ago, narrated a segment about the search Friday morning.
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Chicago Bulls great Derrick Rose was also on hand to celebrate and had narrated a tribute to Strickland.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Their Eyes adopts the documentary mode and is narrated entirely by crowdworkers—specifically, annotators contracted to segment and label images to create training data for self-driving cars.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Morally Gray marks the first release under Quinn Features, Quinn’s new banner for elevated, premium audio romances narrated by highly requested rising talent.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Juliette Lewis swaps bodies with a chair in this new surrealist vision from writer-director Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) narrated by Melanie Griffith and co-starring Mamoudou Athie (Kinds of Kindness), Samantha Mathis (American Psycho) and Robin Tunney (The Craft).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Watch a trailer narrated by Michael Perry below.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
The audience roared and cheered as Bad Bunny dance-narrated his way through a slew of scenarios and cities, surrounded by exuberant dancers who moved between salsa and reggeton rhythms.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Kotb, 61, who departed the NBC morning show just over a year ago, narrated a segment about the search Friday morning.
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Chicago Bulls great Derrick Rose was also on hand to celebrate and had narrated a tribute to Strickland.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Their Eyes adopts the documentary mode and is narrated entirely by crowdworkers—specifically, annotators contracted to segment and label images to create training data for self-driving cars.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrated
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The 30-year-old Somali American, who also co-owns a Mediterranean restaurant in the same area experiencing similar economic tribulations, described his coffee shops as local melting pots for Muslims and non-Muslims, East Africans and White people.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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But one person familiar with the decisions told Semafor that at least one executive from a company described by the survey had reached out to multiple outlets asking for the pieces to be taken down, arguing that the survey data was faulty and biased.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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City leaders call anti-trans legislation ‘hypocrisy’ Hill told the Statesman he had not been spoken with members of the LGBTQ+ community about his bill about bathroom use.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Feb. 2026
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Choudri’s attorney told The Times that police were called to Choudri’s home by a third-party and that prosecutors did not file charges in the case.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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For all of Preller’s many successes — much-chronicled in this space — his resume does have holes in it that a new owner should be motivated to help fill.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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In the 1950s, de Jesus kept a diary that chronicled her struggles to earn an income and feed her three children in a poor, urban community known as a favela in Sao Paulo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan, who is also a Fed voter this year, recounted in a 2024 speech a series of anecdotes of AI enhancing productivity for businesses across industries.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Trish Walters of Portland, Oregon, another passenger, recounted the frightening incident on social media.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Their conversations were all bobsled-related.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The weekend ended with an entertaining display of the sort of effort that’s been absent for so long from the annual exhibition, and while these two things aren’t necessarily related, Sunday’s showcase suggests that even the league’s seemingly most intractable flaws might be remediable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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