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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 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 For all their forward charge, his films center narratives that turn around ideas or past incidents kept at least partially hidden until the very end. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026 But some of the most poignant narratives come from Trojan women like Creusa, wife of Aeneas who escapes Troy and becomes a founding father for Rome, and Hector’s wife, Andromache, who is taken as a war captive by Achilles’s son. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 These narratives continue to resonate, offering universal insights into identity, fate, and effective governance. — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The symbolic landscape of Trianon Monuments like those Orbán built during his tenure are sites where complex historical narratives can be distilled to their essential elements. — Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026 People are drawn to leaders who use the language of menace and threat, who tell group-versus-group power narratives. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 15 July 2026 Iran has relied on covert online networks and impersonation campaigns to amplify pro-Tehran narratives and target critics. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 July 2026

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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

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Now 94, Cynthia still entertains with tales of bygone Barbados at the family's regular guest cocktail parties, whilst dinner is underscored by jazz singers and instrumentalists.

— Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Among the most famous tales is that of Prince Ivan Kanitovski, who was reportedly murdered shortly after acquiring it.

— Eliza Prosperini, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026

Definition of tales

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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
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

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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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Criminal histories can also continue to limit access to social support or higher earnings.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Models should pay extra attention to patients with rare diseases, complex comorbidities or healthcare histories that look significantly different from the data used for training.

— Subba Rao Katragadda, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of histories

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According to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, investigators reviewed social media accounts, a website and a billboard in Latin America that advertised maternity packages at South Texas hospitals to foreign nationals.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
Most accounts read Qatar's rise as gas turned into money, turned into visibility, a soft-power story with expensive props.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of accounts

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Molinar’s settlement is equal to the sum of one year’s salary and benefits, according to the separation agreement released by Fort Worth ISD officials on Tuesday in response to an open records request.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
The district attorney’s office filed charges against Greenhoward including murder, use of a deadly weapon, assault on a child causing death and child abuse resulting in death, court records show.

— Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of records

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China and Russia are working on their own versions of Starlink, but neither is close to fielding anywhere near SpaceX’s current constellation of more than 10,000 satellites.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
Keytruda is set to lose key patent protections starting in 2028, exposing the company to competition from potential less expensive biosimilar versions of the drug.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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