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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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Additionally, listed as a series regular is Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown, despite the fact that Penelope revealed herself to society as the secret gossip columnist in Season 3, with Coughlan taking over the narration from Andrews at the end of the finale.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.
—The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
What: The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey present the story of African-American dance through a multimedia program combining live performances with pictures and narration.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
The ability to generate narration or dubs in other languages is potentially huge for independent creators who want to reach a global audience.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.
—The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
What: The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey present the story of African-American dance through a multimedia program combining live performances with pictures and narration.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
The ability to generate narration or dubs in other languages is potentially huge for independent creators who want to reach a global audience.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narration
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Chris Malone Mendez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both episodes owe a big spiritual debt to Lost, which also liked to toggle back and forth between the main island story, its characters’ former lives, and all its weird mythology.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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This prismatic film seamlessly intermingles the political and the personal, and both chronology and geography aren’t observed in strictly logical ways.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Bucking convention at every turn, Welles skipped around chronology freely, using inventive dissolves and edits to move the viewer back and forth in time.—
John Semley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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The partnership started in 2024, focusing on creating exclusive trading cards and memorabilia that highlight the team's successful history in the sport.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Those aging Steam Decks might not be powerful enough to run a game like Half-Life 3 at maximum graphics settings, but Valve games have a history of scaling down well on low-end systems.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
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The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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Philibert, who edits his own films, added that the most important thing was to construct a narrative.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Women’s Health Product Listings Are Being Taken Down One of the most shocking findings from the Center for Intimacy Justice’s report was the revelation that Amazon has allegedly been turning off product listings, and even suspending certain accounts, associated with women’s health.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
4 Mar. 2025
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Buzbee added that the woman continues to stand by her account of what happened at the party in New York 25 years ago.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Last year was the hottest ever for the contiguous United States, and the hurricane season was among the costliest on record.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Chief objective is to finish my my sophomore record.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rumors were flying this week about a possible 32GB version of the card but these were quashed this week by AMD itself.—
Antony Leather,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a weekly look inside the region’s biggest stories.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narration. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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