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narration

[na-ray-shuhn] / næˈreɪ ʃən /


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Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2023, he partnered with Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art to provide guided audio narration for “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art”.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the following days, Morrison’s historic 42-minute narration would be aired across the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“What’s a good story if things end up the way they began?” she ponders over the narration in the film’s opening sequence, itself a nod to how the first movie begins.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

In narration mode, Nixon concedes that the fund exists: “I, Senator Nixon, took $18,000 from a group of my supporters.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

The chapters alternate between Aubrey’s and Lindsey’s narrations and their voices are so similar that it is easy to mix them up; also, the androgynous character names raise the possibility of gender confusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Lacey sets the clock for a suspenseful homage to “Stranger Things” and “The Lottery,” with eerie narrations on gender and religion but not much payoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

That year she was also contacted by an entrepreneur who was working on a start-up called Audm, which offered audio narrations of long-form magazine articles.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022

Might one — or both — of these narrations be unreliable?

From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2021

He loves Joan Rivers and never misses her annual red-carpet narrations leading up to the Academy Awards telecasts.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove


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