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 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.
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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
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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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Below, Dyens and Miailhe speak to Deadline about the importance of unearthing human stories amid the tragedy of the World War II era.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.—
John T. Shaw,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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More effective is Oldroyd’s patience in establishing Jack and Anna’s histories with the murder victim, Rachel Hopkins (Jamie Tisdale).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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These regular observations will gradually take in data and aim to provide pivotal information about the strengths, compositions, and histories of these primitive cosmic bodies.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2026
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The cemetery has been thrust into the spotlight after a Lancaster County man was accused of harvesting sets of human remains in the middle of the night, hoarding skulls, bones, and corpses, and then offering some of them for sale on his social media accounts.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Shoppers initially only can make payments through the cards linked to their Google accounts but soon will be able to make purchases using PayPal, the company said.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The public resharing of the account by a senior White House official has also raised questions about whether highlighting such narratives may carry a deterrent or psychological warfare value, regardless of their factual basis.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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So, what happens when self-serving narratives collide with a deep (and recent) history?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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California received $949,940,335 in SAMHSA discretionary funds in 2025, according to HHS records.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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In 1997, Sismanis was also charged with rape, indecent assault and battery on a person older than 14, court records show.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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There are also junior versions of the shows with youth competitions.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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Layered in butter, cream, garlic, Parmesan and green spinach that some versions of its origin story say represents the man’s vast fortune, it was first conceived in New Orleans’ Antoine’s Restaurant in 1899, where a shortage of escargot necessitated some creative moves from chef Jules Alciatore.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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This excerpt includes the book’s preface and the lyrics and commentaries for six songs.—
John Darnielle,
Rolling Stone,
11 Dec. 2025
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Raimondo wrote daily commentaries attacking the war, and Garris linked to stories from around the world.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Narrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrations. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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