as in story
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
a narration that vastly overstates her minor role in this international affair
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Recent Examples of narration
In the video, Harris' narration draws a contrast between herself and former President Donald Trump.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Perhaps that’s why Catherine’s second-person narration feels so critical.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Document a friend’s narration of efforts to counter racial violence—stories of resilience, perseverance, communal support and hope.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
That snippet of narration could have been dropped anywhere in the series, and placing it here drains what ought to be a key scene of its sense of discovery.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Perhaps that’s why Catherine’s second-person narration feels so critical.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Document a friend’s narration of efforts to counter racial violence—stories of resilience, perseverance, communal support and hope.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
That snippet of narration could have been dropped anywhere in the series, and placing it here drains what ought to be a key scene of its sense of discovery.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narration
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This story originally published on businessden.com.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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This is compounded by the second big change: The chronology is simply abandoned entirely in the process.Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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The early stretches of the memoir are told in detailed ramblings, but as the chronology progresses, Lisa Marie’s dispatches grow shorter and shorter.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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The former Republican president received the 18 electoral votes that year from his Ohio victory and even made history by winning more votes in the 2020 election than any other candidate in state history, according to The Associated Press.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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Election workers have never completed ballot counting on Election Day at any point in the country's history.Rachel Barber, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Democratic-leaning Latino groups pushed back on that narrative, citing their own polling.Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Parker recorded interviews with 12 British men and women who had been convicted of murder, then transcribed and edited their words to create a series of extraordinary first-person narratives.The Week US, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
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Some police forces and phone companies advise turning off message previews, which prevents thieves trying to break into your accounts from seeing reset or login codes when the phone is locked.Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Total deposits rose by $1.01 billion, driven by increases in interest-bearing accounts, despite a decline in noninterest-bearing deposits.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Punter Lachlan Wilson’s 45.9-yard average is on pace to break the single-season program record.Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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An attacker could use the times and phone numbers of calls—the records that AT&T lost in a massive data breach uncovered in July—for a variety of impersonation and spoofing attacks.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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However, a smaller, cruder version could be implemented in the coming years by a private company or rogue nation.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narration. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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