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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
Shifting the narrative from helplessness to collective empowerment and action can help people confront climate change without triggering the existential anxieties that lead to denial – offering a vision for a future that is both secure and personally meaningful.
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Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
The narrative in the first season requires the estranged friends to work together to combat a cunning kidnapper.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Starting with Puss In Book: Trapped In An Epic Tale, viewers could make a series of decisions that would alter the trajectory of the narrative.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Also consider how much the Hollywood Godzilla movies have proven there is definitely a much larger audience for Godzilla films that break out into the pop culture narrative.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
The narrative in the first season requires the estranged friends to work together to combat a cunning kidnapper.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Starting with Puss In Book: Trapped In An Epic Tale, viewers could make a series of decisions that would alter the trajectory of the narrative.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Also consider how much the Hollywood Godzilla movies have proven there is definitely a much larger audience for Godzilla films that break out into the pop culture narrative.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrative
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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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Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs.Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The choice is clear: adapt holistically or risk becoming another cautionary tale.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 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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Watch on Deadline Along with two Art of Emily the Strange volumes, there are four novels published by HarperCollins, four graphic novellas published by Chronicle Books, and a 27-issue Emily the Strange comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, which was a New York Times Bestseller.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Adapted from Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser revolves around a mysterious puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration.Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 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 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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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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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has released a campaign video highlighting her mother Shyamala Gopalan’s legacy, with actress Viola Davis providing narration.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her narration, alongside contributions from AD editor Mitchell Owens, proves that this process has shaped her own design sensibilities.Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 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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“Narrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrative. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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