as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself
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Recent Examples of narrate
The department released an edited video narrated by Police Chief Jim Runyen.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2026
The free service, narrated by podcaster Tom Henschel, lists publicly accessible wildflower viewing points in Southern and Central California.
—Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Because to interrogate and to narrate are two different things.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2026
The free service, narrated by podcaster Tom Henschel, lists publicly accessible wildflower viewing points in Southern and Central California.
—Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Because to interrogate and to narrate are two different things.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrate
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Rabbi Irwin Kula, the panel’s moderator, asked the participants to describe their biggest fear or nightmare.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, Contra Costa County investigators searched a ravine and found the ladder Matthew Muller described using to climb into a family's house weeks after the March 2015 attack on Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota victim wants accountability After she was injured, Stotko told the city council in her community of Hastings, Minnesota, about her crash to push for a stricter ordinance.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Video caught the crash Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Jaime McCarthy read a victim impact statement from a 31-year-old woman who recounted how she was assaulted by Price just hours before the fatal crash.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
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The film recounts the struggle of local communities to protect a fragile and vital ecosystem that also serves as their ancestral home.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the 20th century dozens of movies chronicled their adventures, with each era casting its leading man as the noble, brave and loyal, leading musketeer.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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Judith Martin's Miss Manners column has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Despite the two sharing the same last name, deputies did not note if the two missing women are related.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Then, as the pandemic waned, in 2023 and early ’24, came two jolts to the system – federal pandemic-era assistance ended, pulling food and food-related funding away from charities, and the number of people seeking food continued to grow.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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