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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Upstairs is meticulously staged as an Airbnb retreat that comes with modern amenities, Old West charm and quaint stories about ghosts.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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But beneath the surface, Life Time Group Holdings and Planet Fitness told very different stories about the American consumer.—
Brandon Gomez,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 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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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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Or so the story goes, according to many histories of the Argentinian avant-garde.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Other Aztec dance groups – some whose histories stretch back more than half a century — are also thriving along the West Coast, from Washington state down to Sacramento, Oakland, Salinas and San Diego.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump is accusing JPMorgan and others of closing his accounts for political reasons in what his conservative supporters have called discrimination.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Tatum is, by all accounts, close to a comeback from Achilles surgery, but his exact timeline remains unclear.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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Words build narratives, and narratives sow the seeds of revolution.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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With tears and fragments of personal narratives, this footage often digs deeper than some might expect for a sport derided as the domain of adrenaline junkies indifferent to the law.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Erie County Health Department told CNN that medical examiner records are treated as confidential medical records and would only be shared with law enforcement and others legally entitled to them.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The missing records were earlier reported by the journalist Roger Sollenberger on Substack and NPR, and have since been documented by other news organizations.—
ERIC TUCKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer of New York said his caucus in the coming days would also review unredacted versions of the Epstein case files at a Department of Justice office.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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As a result, few distributors produce and release ASL or even open caption versions for theatrical screening — which their critics consider distracting, obstructive, or visually unappealing — forcing deaf audiences to rely on devices that may be limited in number or fail.—
Abbey White,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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Northeastern University School of Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) has argued through litigation and commentaries that sports betting is a public health concern due to its addictive qualities, aggressive marketing by companies, and the ease of placing a bet through an app.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Many of their playful clips and humorous commentaries went viral and were especially appealing to younger viewers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Narrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrations. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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