as in story
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
The northeast Tennessee community is home to the International Storytelling Center, a performing arts center and museum dedicated to oral narration.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Still in tears, Shauna scribbles on a notepad what becomes the narration for the wilderness timeline, as teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is anointed the hive’s new Antler Queen.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Platforms like Synthesia empower creators to instantly produce multilingual video content, streamlining tasks from scripting to narration.
—Francis Hellyer, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The result is a slanted narration that’s intended for an audience of one, and maybe to the daughter who’ll someday inherit the tapes.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Still in tears, Shauna scribbles on a notepad what becomes the narration for the wilderness timeline, as teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is anointed the hive’s new Antler Queen.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Platforms like Synthesia empower creators to instantly produce multilingual video content, streamlining tasks from scripting to narration.
—Francis Hellyer, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The result is a slanted narration that’s intended for an audience of one, and maybe to the daughter who’ll someday inherit the tapes.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narration
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In this story: hair, Virginie Moreira; makeup, Ammy Drammeh; grooming, Yuko Fredriksson; braiding, Lorraine Dublin, Angela Torio Rivera; manicurist, Adam Slee; tailor, Judith Grant.—
Malick Bodian,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
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Top stories About the writer Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Hubris contains numerous errors concerning chronology, geography, and election details and even misidentifies NATO’s founding members.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Apr. 2025
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Hood never shows this chronology to Helen, but lays it out—with some redactions—for the reader.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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This isn’t the first time a bottled piece of history has made its way into modern-day headlines.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Emilie Raymond is a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Many are reshaping the narrative around contact lens care.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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The future at quarterback, both immediate and long term, has been the dominant narrative for months.—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Others realize there is a cost to companies that do not take climate change into account.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Enabling Recall and changing its settings does not require an administrator account.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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Trump's favorability with Americans overall has slipped recently, hitting a record low for any president in their first 100 days going back to Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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And so Miami’s season ends with a record of 39-49, factoring in the play-in wins against Chicago and Atlanta and Cleveland’s four-game sweep.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dina also reveals a little bit more in the initial version.—
Zoe Papelis,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Manufacturers have gone directly to Chinese social media platforms Red Note and Douyin, the local version of TikTok, to ask consumers to support them, but fatigue is growing, pointed out Ashley Dudarenok, founder of ChoZan, a China marketing consultancy.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narration. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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