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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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As a coastal town shaped by generations of immigrants, Half Moon Bay now has a new art display that serves as a reminder of the people and stories that continue to define the community.
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The board was also expected to vote Friday on a new social studies curriculum that links Bible stories with American history.
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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.
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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.
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Many histories of invasive species concern the life-forms that have been intentionally or accidentally introduced from Europe.
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Throughout the book, Pryor asks readers to look beneath and beyond public debates and to confront the histories and experiences that give words their power.
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Savings accounts make people better savers The ESI estimates that some 22 million Americans are eligible for emergency savings accounts as a workplace benefit.
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Oil prices fell on the news of progress, but uncertainty over the status of the Strait of Hormuz — Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts over whether the key waterway was open over the weekend — may have slowed traffic again, The New York Times reported.
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Such false narratives are dangerous.
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Pushing those narratives forward for the time being means more than this weekend’s series against the Dodgers or next week’s four-game trek to Chavez Ravine.
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Chicago breaks snowfall records before December Chicago started the snowy season last year with a similarly strong punch, breaking snowfall records by the end of November, according to the NOAA.
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
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Still, Copilot is going through a reset, with Andreou eliminating extraneous versions of the AI tool and merging the teams that focused on consumer and enterprise versions of the product.
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Larger versions serving 10 to 12 guests can also be ordered for private celebrations.
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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.
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Pastors normally take hours a week to examine the original language for their text, consult commentaries, develop illustrations and examples, and deliberate about practical applications.
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“Narrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrations. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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