1
as in story
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 tale
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 narrative
But citing current and former Russian officials, The Moscow Times reported that this narrative was pushed by authorities to convince the public that Putin was making the same sacrifices for his country as ordinary citizens.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
How did Sciamma shape his narrative and focus his tone?
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
His journalistic endeavors cover a diverse array of topics, notably sports, breaking news, human interest narratives, and culinary features.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Netflix has been pushing its own games business lately, focusing on games based on mainstream IP, party games, narrative games and kids games.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
How did Sciamma shape his narrative and focus his tone?
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
His journalistic endeavors cover a diverse array of topics, notably sports, breaking news, human interest narratives, and culinary features.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Netflix has been pushing its own games business lately, focusing on games based on mainstream IP, party games, narrative games and kids games.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrative
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These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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This story was originally published May 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Guns, knives, swords, cleavers, axes, ice picks and flamethrowers will all be put to use in this tale of a revenge.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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For all that this season marks a new epoch in the tale of booming UEFA prize money, cash will be far from the thoughts of Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday evening in Munich.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The new chronology used wood samples recovered from the Drouzet River in the Southern French Alps.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Without an alternate chronology compiled or published by the U.S. government, the committee became the go-to source for formally identifying recessions.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Few people likely associate Oscar Wilde’s famed 1890 novella The Picture of Dorian Gray with the tech-laden, scroll-heavy social media of the 21st century.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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But then came her debut in Parineeta, with her role based on a well-rounded character in a popular novella.—
Sunil Sadarangani,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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The 2025 Northwest Arkansas Community College Graduation Commencement took place May 14 at the Walmart AMP in Rogers and 419 graduates walked the stage -- the most in the college's 35-year history.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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As symbols of Floyd’s place in history have faded, so too have hopes for federal police reform, commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion and American optimism about the future of racial justice.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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In July 2023, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF posted a picture to his Instagram account of Harper hyper-focused while applying products to his face.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Judging by her social media accounts, Brittany Mahomes seems to be on the go constantly.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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The narration by Homeland star Damian Lewis, who attended the world premiere, has also won praise.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Through the inquisitive narration provided by Tom Hanks.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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The film, with a current RT critics score of 80 percent, is expected to more than make up for the lackluster $54.7 million bow of Dead Reckoning, as well as supplant the $61.2 million three-day launch of Fallout to set a new franchise opening record by a mile.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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Many do something else in the industry, such as producing, pressing records or manufacturing merch.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Narrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrative. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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