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
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrations
Noun
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The Logistics Managers’ Index for April was at the root of many bearish stories.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
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Participants described a strong demand for stories rooted in care, emotional safety, dignity, joy, support, healing, stability, and full humanity.—
Dominique Fluker,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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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 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
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The height of neoliberalism brought about an almost universal shift in art toward the global, away from the specifics of individual places, their histories, people, and physical locations.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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According to Easter, each of the 33 cocktails on the menu leverages a bottle with a story behind it, and the staff is prepared to regale you with their histories.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Users often underestimate the portability of their digital identity and ownership of machine identities and accounts.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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In a loss, OpenAI could face pressure to implement remedies like age-gating free ChatGPT accounts to protect kids, shutting down conversations that discuss violence and suicide, and removing features that the state says deceptively make ChatGPT feel like talking to a human.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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Back in markets, Bitcoin is bruised – on pace for its worst week since February amid a record streak of bitcoin ETF outflows as the crypto market breaks from its dominant narratives.—
Katie Foley,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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These range from narratives on the current status of Crimea and justifications for the war in Ukraine to the history of NATO and justification for Russia’s annexation of Baltic states during World War II.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
Noun
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She is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on bonds totaling $180,000, jail records show.—
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2026
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Jones is additionally charged with two counts of obstructing justice, and Dowling is charged with 14 additional counts of tampering with records.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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Customers say this pool easily fits six people, but Intex also makes bigger and smaller versions of the pool priced between $88 and $188 on sale now.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
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The delivery system for injectable versions of weight loss drugs is more complicated than for a pill.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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There have been some excellent commentaries on what the Hormuz Crisis means for different parts of the world in terms of oil and gas.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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In some races, members of the Opinion team wrote separate commentaries about the races elaborating on their thoughts about the candidates.—
The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
23 May 2026
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“Narrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrations. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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