Thesaurus results for NARRATIVES

narratives

noun

plural of narrative

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 Pork Soda, in particular, foreshadowed the weight of nu-metal acts like Korn, who also deployed sagging bass in service of profoundly unsettling narratives. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 Public investors are now being invited in after the restructuring worked, earnings improved, and nuclear power became one of the market’s most attractive investment narratives. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 But while these narratives demonstrate local viability, translating them into a statewide apparatus under a Republican banner is a dead end. — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026 The commitment of Sales to Indiana just nuked an entire lifetime of narratives and checked off the one thing that was surprisingly missing from Cignetti's resume. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Neozoon also has a clear take on how Eurocentric, patriarchal narratives play into this urge to own land and fulfill individuals’ desires. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026 But according to historian Audre Wolfe, cultural narratives around alien invasion complicated things for early exobiologists. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2026 Anti-vaccine activists incorporated him into broader narratives about pharmaceutical companies and public health agencies. — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Mike Marinella, an NRCC spokesperson, pushed back on Democratic midterm narratives. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 26 July 2026

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Noun

This move reflects a broader industry trend of re-evaluating AI integration, emphasizing that while AI creates abundance, unique human contributions like personal stories and opinions are increasingly valuable.

— William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
But then in the editing room, the two stories didn’t fit together.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of stories

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The writers of these biblical tales weren’t plagiarizing Homer, MacDonald says.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Some sixteen years later, pop Bildung abounds, thanks largely to online fan communities who can weave the most obscure ephemera into epic tales of redemption.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of tales

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And so those chronologies are really important for me in each one of these investigations.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of chronologies

Noun

Crime fiction aficionados are sure to devour this collection of six novellas from the bestselling author.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
These invasion fictions took a range of forms, from short stories and pamphlets to novellas and full-length novels, and proliferated especially in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period leading up to World War I, which brought the subgenre’s brief flourishing to an end.

— Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026

Definition of novellas

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Depending on the source and legal process, the evidence can include phone-location data, internet search histories and chatbot prompts.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
That trust is earned through a commitment to evidence, authenticity and scholarship and creates environments where visitors are more willing to engage with difficult histories, challenge assumptions and consider new perspectives.

— Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of histories

Noun

Four accounts across four services were involved, and Hugging Face’s forensic timeline documents 17,600 distinct actions across four days.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Trial testimony indicated clients transferred upwards of $2 million to Engle, expecting the money to remain in those accounts until their loans were funded.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of accounts

Noun

Taele was being held without bail, according to county jail records.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
He was never charged with a crime and the Department of Children and Family Services did not find evidence to substantiate allegations of child abuse, according to records released in court filings.

— Rachel Scott, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of records

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Newer versions of the Ford class are expected to cost around $22 billion, the CBO report says.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
This is consistent with the structure of US traffic control law, which flows from the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices while allowing states to adopt their own versions.

— Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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