Thesaurus results for NARRATIONS

narrations

noun

plural of narration

as in stories

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 narrations Among the popular narrations are those read by Ian McKellen, Claire Danes, Dan Stevens, Stephen Fry, Anthony Heald and Benedict Cumberbatch. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 June 2026 The Cleveland native moved to New York in 1981 and worked as a freelance national voice-over artist until his retirement in 2021, heard on thousands of commercials, promos and narrations over those four decades. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026 The action is largely desynchronized, the activities onscreen contrasting with the voice-over narrations, with the effect of destabilizing the present tense of the movie, imbuing it with nostalgia and with longing for possible futures. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025 Each episode still opens with character narrations that double as musings on existence, and some dive fully into that ache. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025 One accessibility feature that no live TV service offers is audio descriptions or audible narrations of on-screen actions that would not be otherwise discernible from dialog alone. — PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024

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Horrific news stories about hospitals making choices about who received treatment began to shape her story.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
As with any prestige product or famous brand, many stories have been created around champagne, sometimes to increase the mystique, sometimes in an effort to explain things that are not easy to understand, sometimes to make complicated things simple.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of stories

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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
The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of chronologies

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Although consumers cannot access the private MLS directly, licensed agents can view information that is not publicly available, including showing instructions, price-change histories and other market data.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Clinicians are increasingly expected to process biomarkers, genetic analyses, cancer screening results, real-time wearable data, and detailed patient histories, and to translate that information into timely, accurate diagnoses and treatment plans.

— Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of histories

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This perspective suggests that structural partisan advantage and voter registration patterns were decisive factors, countering narratives that place determinative weight on late-campaign tactical gambits.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Mike Marinella, an NRCC spokesperson, pushed back on Democratic midterm narratives.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 26 July 2026

Definition of narratives

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But more than a year of his time (worth $420,000 per his contract) is unaccounted for in the public records the city has released, Thad and Riley found.

— Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
According to the Department of Education’s own records, of 385,000 purchases made with voucher dollars, 84,000 violated the rules governing what is allowed.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of records

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Forget all the theories and commentaries, Homer seems to say.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Over the years, through the Sports Huddle and other venues, Andelman participated in some 13,000 radio broadcasts and over 1,200 television commentaries on channels 5 and 7 as well.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026

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