as in commentary
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
a narration that vastly overstates her minor role in this international affair
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Recent Examples of narration
Poppy’s narration — full of descriptions of sandy beaches, sparkling pools, and humid AirBnbs — is what pulls the reader into her world.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Each room will be accompanied by his audio narration, along with behind-the-scenes videos, original sketches and photographs.
—Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Which was fascinating because this movie is just wall-to-wall narration.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
In a hall full of gadgets that felt like solutions in search of problems, narration that eases a person’s day made good sense.
—Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Each room will be accompanied by his audio narration, along with behind-the-scenes videos, original sketches and photographs.
—Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Which was fascinating because this movie is just wall-to-wall narration.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
In a hall full of gadgets that felt like solutions in search of problems, narration that eases a person’s day made good sense.
—Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narration
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While this moment might offer a commentary on the weird plenty of the marketplace, Anna senses her father is lost an increasing haze and intervenes.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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Analysts have cited Night of the Living Dead as a subversive commentary on the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time of the film's release.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Beyond the famous spaceships, X-Wing and TIE Fighter also brought compelling stories set in the Star Wars universe, alongside technical advancements like fully 3D graphics in place of the bitmap sprites of previous titles.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Ludwig wrote in an Instagram story sharing the news on Thursday.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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The events that Herbert films are undated; the movie only hints at chronology, and its dramatic arc is a surprising one, revealing a change of consciousness by way of changes of circumstance.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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Musk has a history of overpromising technological advance timelines.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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In New York, the state has completed one of the largest Medicaid transformations in its history, overhauling the home health care system precisely because of the accountability failures and fraud vulnerabilities now commanding national attention.—
Miki Kapoor,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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According to a Forbes report, the app store is built on OM1, OpenMind’s modular operating system, which allows developers to create apps that package specific skills for distribution across multiple robot platforms.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Coleman declined to pursue the case, a police report said.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Their position ignored the Ukrainian perspective on the issue, thus excluding Ukrainians as the affected party from understanding and communicating current and historical narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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In-line guidance did little to change that narrative, which has been hurting the stock.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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For Proust—who may have met Wilde and even been the subject of the older man’s amorous attention (though accounts of their meeting or meetings could be apocryphal)—his downfall showed that life featured far keener sorrows than those encountered in books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Somehow that was even fewer than Newsom’s public calls for corrections; the governor’s Twitter account tweeted at the Post seeking corrections five times.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Rose emphasized the importance of the dig, as Chinese American cowboys were often overlooked in the historical record, despite having a big economic impact.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The company launched 21 missions last year, setting a new Rocket Lab record.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narration. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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