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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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Recent Examples of chronicling
The Emmy Award-winning show quickly became a global phenomenon, chronicling the upstairs-downstairs lives of the Crawley family and their staff in the early 20th century, through World War I and into the roaring ’20s.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Jordan’s forthcoming documentary, Sustain, is slated for release in 2026, chronicling his journey while encouraging others to take action.
—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
Vance posted a remembrance on X chronicling their friendship, dating back to initial messages in 2017, through Vance’s Senate run and ultimately praying after hearing of the shooting.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Hernandez, chronicling the delusions that drove him into the arms of the law, demonstrates how imprisonment can begin far before sentencing.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
The Hulu miniseries Dopesick (2021), chronicling Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, highlights the catastrophic consequences of unethical persuasion.
—Adrian Dearnell, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Camus’ book is split evenly before and after the killing, whereas the film spends more time chronicling Meursault’s life up to the point he’s arrested.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Previous books chronicling rock scenes, such as Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life or Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Please Kill Me, were full of juicy anecdotes set in tour buses and rock clubs.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Jordan’s forthcoming documentary, Sustain, is slated for release in 2026, chronicling his journey while encouraging others to take action.
—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
Vance posted a remembrance on X chronicling their friendship, dating back to initial messages in 2017, through Vance’s Senate run and ultimately praying after hearing of the shooting.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Hernandez, chronicling the delusions that drove him into the arms of the law, demonstrates how imprisonment can begin far before sentencing.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
The Hulu miniseries Dopesick (2021), chronicling Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, highlights the catastrophic consequences of unethical persuasion.
—Adrian Dearnell, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Camus’ book is split evenly before and after the killing, whereas the film spends more time chronicling Meursault’s life up to the point he’s arrested.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Previous books chronicling rock scenes, such as Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life or Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Please Kill Me, were full of juicy anecdotes set in tour buses and rock clubs.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicling
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Soliman fled to the United States in 2014 on a visitor visa and later filed a petition for asylum, describing how security forces over the years had locked him up on false charges and tortured him with electrical shocks.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The aging brick walls, high arched wooden ceiling and original decorative elements of the Renaissance-era building provided quite a contrast with speakers who were describing the latest in present and future technologies.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Another features audio of Kaw elder Curtis Kehkahbah recounting the rock’s history, set to video of its relocation.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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By the middle episodes, each POV moves the story forward in its own time, either recounting separate events, or picking up chronologically where the other left off.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles held an emotional meeting with staff on Wednesday after the assassination, telling members to go home and hug their families, the Wall Street Journal reported.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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With his latest weigh-in blunder, there's no telling whether Dana White, who has publicly criticized Gastelum for his egregious weigh-in mishaps in the past, will cut the longtime vet.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Working Within The Trade And With Private Clients Enhancing and relating the company legacy is vitally important to Amenc, who started working for Golay Fils & Stahl in 2001.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In a statement, a lawyer for Ortiz said his client’s guilty plea was highly tailored, relating only to his transactions with Pérez in the context of concert performances.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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Paxton, who provided the voice of the nurse narrating a breastfeeding tutorial video that the Mother watched in Barbarian, plays Gary's wife.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter shares an exclusive look at Bledel narrating the audiobook below and a clip of the reading above.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Chronicling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicling. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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