Thesaurus results for CHRONICLES

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noun

Definition of chronicles

plural of chronicle

as in stories

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened a chronicle of their adventure on the river

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as in annals

an account of important events in the order in which they happened only sketchy information about King Arthur can be found in the chronicles of ancient England

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chronicle

as in describes

to give an oral or written account of in some detail the book chronicles the efforts of two climbers to scale Mount Everest

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Noun

The documentary chronicles the 34 days ahead of Holmes’ 11-year prison sentence, and then Fielder introduces the Seyfried twist halfway through the film after Holmes is incarcerated. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 Set against the height of the early 2000s tabloid era, the film chronicles Kapoor’s fight to clear his name as paparazzi descend on his office, police raid his home, private journals are leaked, and every aspect of his personal life becomes public. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 The first half of Fielder and Oppenheim’s film chronicles the 34 days leading up to the incarceration of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing technology company Theranos. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 According to the chronicles of Abingdon Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in southern England, the property was reportedly owned by King Edgar in 968. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 Juan Angel, who went on to build a successful landscaping business, struggled with alcoholism, which Rivera chronicles in this narrative that does not shy away from the role addiction played in the life and death of his role model. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 The film picks up in 1940 after France’s defeat by the Nazis and chronicles de Gaulle’s efforts to show the Allies that France was still worth fighting for. — Kate McKenna, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Primetime chronicles the intense production, ethical dilemmas and media sensationalism behind To Catch a Predator, which ran from 2004 to 2007. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 The extremely soapy, enjoyably satirical true-life drama chronicles love, rampant betrayal and a brazen murder plot through three decades of the iconic Gucci fashion house. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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Directed by Academy Award winner Peter Farrelly, the film chronicles the making of the original Rocky and Sylvester Stallone’s determination to write and star in it. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 Starring Zhang Yi, Ma Li, and Chen Minghao alongside guest appearances by Karry Wang, Fan Chengcheng, and Chen Feiyu, the multi-decade drama chronicles an elite public security detective unravelling major criminal mysteries based on real cases. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 It’s been a whirlwind year since the cameras stopped rolling for Always Lalisa, which chronicles the singer’s year away from the record-breaking girl group Blackpink. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 The book—by Isabelle Bonnet, Sophie Hackett, and Susan Stryker—chronicles the lives and loves of a group of mid-century men who dressed as women at a country retreat in the Catskills Mountains, and was Altuzarra’s seasonal inspiration. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026 Royal expert Ingrid Seward, who knew Diana and whose latest book, Catherine and Diana, chronicles the lives of the Princesses of Wales, believes the battle to control Diana’s legacy will continue beyond next year’s milestone anniversary. — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026 Glass chronicles the chaos as home buyers thronged into tracts without schools, sewers, trash removal, or viable tax bases. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 In this heavily researched and bloody novel, Winslow chronicles one decade—2004 to 2014—in the Mexican-American drug wars. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026 The clarification comes after Morgan threatened legal action over passages in the book, which chronicles the life and death of Spencer’s older sister. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026

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Noun

In the 2021 Senate runoff elections in Georgia, this writer did a number of stories following forecasts by Thomas Miller, a prominent data scientist who’s a professor at Northwestern University.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Yet neither of these stories fits the timing or scale of the decline.

— J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stories

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Police charged 52-year-old Mooresville resident Rod Moskowitz with assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, court records show.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
The agents seized records and electronic devices, looking for evidence of unspecified criminal behavior.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of records

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One of the best actors working today, Coon essentially plays two different sides of Rita with astonishing range across these chronologies, portraying the past and the present of her character through distinctive markers.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
And so those chronologies are really important for me in each one of these investigations.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of chronologies

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To see if those different histories made the monkeys more germophobic, the researchers presented individuals with two tasty treats — grapes.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
The duo shared an apartment and both had extensive criminal histories, including theft and financial scams, across various states.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of histories

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Sliding behind the wheel of a side-by-side utility vehicle, Shoffner takes off across the property and recounts her life story that led her away from the farm, into nonprofit work and back home when her dad got sick.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Another document recounts an unusual sighting in Saudi Arabia in 1957.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of recounts

Noun

Review your financial accounts regularly Check your bank statements, investment accounts, retirement accounts and payment apps for unfamiliar transactions.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Early accounts of grassroots democracy in India describe how higher-caste landowners controlled the votes of their lower-caste dependents, sometimes even marking ballots that the voters had to authenticate with their thumbprints.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

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