chronicled

verb

Definition of chroniclednext
past tense of chronicle
as in described
to give an oral or written account of in some detail the book chronicles the efforts of two climbers to scale Mount Everest

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  1. described
  2. told
  3. narrated
Verb
  • Experts Weigh In Jonathan Hinton Westover, chair and professor of organizational leadership and change at Utah Valley University, described the theme as emblematic of a toxic workplace culture.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • While the orchid was first collected in 2009, it was officially described just this year by Farminhão and his colleagues.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of described
Verb
  • In fact, three experts told Newsweek that 2025 will look much the same as 2024 in terms of COVID-19 risk.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • As a defensive end going to a Power 4 school, I’ve been told $60,000 to $80,000 a semester.
    Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of told
Verb
  • This abidingly wicked novel of suspense and one-upmanship is narrated by an eighty-one-year-old American widow permanently installed in a hotel on the Nile catering to moneyed vacationers.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Resurrection, which will be narrated by Patrick Gibson who plays Young Dexter in Original Sin, was soft-launched in the Original Sin premiere which revealed Dexter survived the shooting that was meant to kill him for good by his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) at Dexter’s request.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of narrated
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