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
Streisand’s narration of My Name Is Barbra was nominated for Audiobook of the Year at the 2025 Audie Awards.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Instead, the boy was creating short films using action figures, adding voice-over narration, and displaying a level of creativity that amazed his mother.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Nila’s retrospective narration, coming over a decade after her first encounter with Marlowe, comments at times on her own lack of understanding and shows a passing awareness of her younger self’s naïveté.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
King confirms the narration is coming back in a big way in season 3.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Instead, the boy was creating short films using action figures, adding voice-over narration, and displaying a level of creativity that amazed his mother.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Nila’s retrospective narration, coming over a decade after her first encounter with Marlowe, comments at times on her own lack of understanding and shows a passing awareness of her younger self’s naïveté.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
King confirms the narration is coming back in a big way in season 3.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narration
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Get the Robb Report newsletter for similar stories delivered straight to your inbox.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2025
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This story was updated with additional information.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Instead, Gracey rearranges the chronology, finding numbers that thematically match the events of his protagonist’s life.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Was the real-time format baked in from the get-go, and was that part of what excited you about a return to the genre? That calls into question all the various chronologies of this and all the different sort of iterations.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Nyle DiMarco & Davis Guggenheim; 2024; USA; 100 min Over eight intense days in 1988, a student protest at the world’s only deaf university changed the course of history.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Reid is a three-time Super Bowl-winning head coach and is the only head coach in NFL history who has recorded 100 wins with two different teams.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
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This would seem an ill-fitting narrative for Warhol, who questioned the idea of authentic individuality.—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Since then, the festival has annually included an online selection of all the competition films across documentary and narratives, and the NEXT section, along with select Premieres titles.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2025
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Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
8 Feb. 2025
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Members of Musk's department, who have not received security clearance, have been given access to the Treasury's payment and collections system, which contains the Social Security numbers and bank accounts of millions of Americans.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Online court records do not list any attorney information for him.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The researchers analyzed the site in Bosham by conducting geophysical surveys, studying historical maps and records, examining existing structures and revisiting discoveries from the 2006 excavation.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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The broadcast and digital versions of this story were edited by Olivia Hampton and Tom Huizenga.—
Matt Bloom,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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Once in the version of the pose that works for you, sit up tall and breathe.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narration. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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