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as in stories
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party
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as in tales
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
in such narratives as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter," Edgar Allan Poe essentially created the modern detective story
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Recent Examples of narratives
The section offers audiences a snapshot of a national cinema shaped by diverse genres and storytelling traditions, from social drama to crime narratives.
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Essie Assibu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
In the crowded forest of sports media—where talking heads build tidy little houses of straw narratives and stick-thin hot takes—there prowls a figure with a grin sharp enough to make the room uneasy.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Mar. 2026
So many narratives around the trans experience are stories of light and shadow, of moving in darkness and secrecy.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s little evidence that investors are buying most of those narratives.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Those small steps, improvement along the margins while the offense remains near the top – the Lakers are fifth in offensive rating since the All-Star break – could reverse the variety of narratives over what makes the team weak heading into April.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
That Docter chose to single out the axeing of a minor LGBTQ storyline and use it as an example of Pixar’s therapy-esque narratives — which Docter, as a storyteller himself, is most closely associated with — has rubbed many the wrong way.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2026
The solicitation frames the campaign as an effort to push back on what Newsom has often described as misleading narratives about California.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The historian Yuval Harari warns that AI is the first technology capable of generating narratives on its own.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Essie Assibu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
In the crowded forest of sports media—where talking heads build tidy little houses of straw narratives and stick-thin hot takes—there prowls a figure with a grin sharp enough to make the room uneasy.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Mar. 2026
So many narratives around the trans experience are stories of light and shadow, of moving in darkness and secrecy.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s little evidence that investors are buying most of those narratives.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Those small steps, improvement along the margins while the offense remains near the top – the Lakers are fifth in offensive rating since the All-Star break – could reverse the variety of narratives over what makes the team weak heading into April.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
That Docter chose to single out the axeing of a minor LGBTQ storyline and use it as an example of Pixar’s therapy-esque narratives — which Docter, as a storyteller himself, is most closely associated with — has rubbed many the wrong way.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2026
The solicitation frames the campaign as an effort to push back on what Newsom has often described as misleading narratives about California.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The historian Yuval Harari warns that AI is the first technology capable of generating narratives on its own.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narratives
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Instead of desultoriness—a common atmosphere in these sorts of stories—the prevailing mood is one of qualified happiness.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Kim Hjelmgaard is an investigative journalist covering global stories for USA TODAY, from living rooms to conflict zones.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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There’s water everywhere, approach angles that punish the wrong side of the fairway, and a closing stretch with a long history of turning good rounds into cautionary tales.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Celebrate all things Irish, rock out to four bands, watch a musical that intertwines two mythic tales, see a Baltimore cult classic at the Senator Theatre and listen to a soulful tribute to R&B legends.—
John Coffren,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2026
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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
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For reading widely, there’s discovery to be had among novellas, which thanks to their short length can get away with being weird and different.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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The plan, as outlined by Orsi in that February 2025 Deadline interview, is to adapt all three of the novellas in the Dunk and Egg collection across three total seasons.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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This trajectory leaves fewer stars for sky-watchers, including Indigenous cultures that pass down lessons and histories through the local nightscapes.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
16 Mar. 2026
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Survey pitfalls Weaknesses in survey models are sharper in primaries because turnout is low and voting histories of those taking part are less reliable than in higher profile general elections.—
Karen Brooks Harper
Austin Bureau,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Both he and Sousa were taken into custody due to conflicting accounts.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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As Avila was walking toward the driver, Parish stuck a tan pistol out the window and fired one time into Avila’s head, according to witness accounts described by a detective in an affidavit supporting Parish’s murder arrest warrant.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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Other prominent arsenic peaks, alongside major sulfate peaks, likely indicate major volcanic events that align with records of 13th century eruptions recorded in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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The narrator’s terribly British father takes refuge from the emotional storms of his household by listening to jazz records in his office.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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For example, all three versions state that the visitors arrived early and sat outside in the car, rehearsing.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bardossas said instead of boosting the production of glyphosate, the solution should be to switch to organic versions of pesticides or to regenerative farming, a practice that restores soil health while reducing or eliminating synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Narratives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narratives. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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