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as in stories
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 tales
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 narratives
But a prevailing question is whether the administration has raced to act, made mistakes and later applied new narratives and legal justifications to specific deportation cases challenged in the news and in the courts.
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Taking narratives to a whole new level, Split Fiction casts you and your significant other as Mio and Zoe, a pair of down-on-their-luck writers who become trapped in a combination of their stories (sci-fi meets fantasy) due to an accident at a groundbreaking literary tech firm.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
This program helps Latino educators develop and share their personal narratives.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2025
This star power has, on multiple occasions, resulted in reigning women's world champions being arguably overshadowed by Flair's narratives and trajectory.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 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, 12 Apr. 2025
The politics , the lies and false narratives finally got me!
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Just as more education is needed, particularly in underserved areas, so are more mainstream narratives of Black women who’ve been diagnosed with cervical insufficiency.
—Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
These narratives meant that Palestinians never gained the sort of global support for lasting change that the Germans and South Africans had enjoyed.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Taking narratives to a whole new level, Split Fiction casts you and your significant other as Mio and Zoe, a pair of down-on-their-luck writers who become trapped in a combination of their stories (sci-fi meets fantasy) due to an accident at a groundbreaking literary tech firm.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
This program helps Latino educators develop and share their personal narratives.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2025
This star power has, on multiple occasions, resulted in reigning women's world champions being arguably overshadowed by Flair's narratives and trajectory.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 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, 12 Apr. 2025
The politics , the lies and false narratives finally got me!
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Just as more education is needed, particularly in underserved areas, so are more mainstream narratives of Black women who’ve been diagnosed with cervical insufficiency.
—Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
These narratives meant that Palestinians never gained the sort of global support for lasting change that the Germans and South Africans had enjoyed.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narratives
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Then his team worked to share stories that Lively didn't care about the issue of domestic violence, USA TODAY reported.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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Happy holidays and Forbes Daily will return to your inbox with the day’s top stories on January 3.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Then there are cautionary tales like the one in which a boy gets his fingers cut off for being a picky eater—stories about cause and effect, separation from loved ones, stealing, and death.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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In the hour leading up to kick-off, there is a grim succession of similar tales from supporters who have been ripped off.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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Also, both goalies have spotty injury histories.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Catalogs of data like mine abound in Netflix viewing histories, prehistoric Facebook posts, and, now, dialogues with ChatGPT—imprints of the way the web informs and commoditizes work and friendship, sorrow and joy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Approximately 134 countries, including across the G20, are exploring digital versions of their currencies.—
Alex Lazarow,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Shari Lewis’s beloved 1960’s lamb puppet has solidified a space in our dog’s lives, from seasonal outfits, to jumbo versions, to tiny birthday hats, and even entire boxes of different sized lambs.—
Annemarie Dooling,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Narratives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narratives. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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