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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrations
  1. stories
  2. chronologies
  3. histories
  4. accounts
  5. narratives
  6. records
  7. versions
  8. commentaries
Noun
  • Every day, Cord Shiflet drives 200 miles round trip from Austin, helping survivors tell their stories, connecting them with resources and raising more than $50,000 for affected families through Facebook.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Their service stories had many similarities, and their appreciation for their Honor Flight experience was wonderful to hear about.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of stories
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In cargo shippers’ databases, the histories and current cargo of containers are recorded and accessible via their respective codes.
    — Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • Though Porzingis is only 31 and Melton just turned 28, the trio combined to play exactly one back-to-back set while the team remained highly cautious with their workload due to their injury histories.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Definition of histories
Noun
  • Brett also shared a special pre-recorded message that was posted on the club’s social media accounts.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • There are $1,000 seed amounts for individual accounts and tax advantages.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of accounts
Noun
  • Sunday’s World Cup final will be contested by Spain and Argentina, and there are narratives to be unpacked all over the pitch.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • The real opportunity is to move beyond policies and narratives that pit specialties against one another.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026
Definition of narratives
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Other favorites include the Mark Cuban, the Weinberger Reuben, and other Italian-style sub sandwiches that also come in Americanized versions, like Northeastern and Midwest-style sub sandwiches.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Viewers can see digital versions of the photos on an interactive screen, as the original copy is kept in a display case.
    — Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of versions
Noun
  • 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
Definition of commentaries

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