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narrative

[nar-uh-tiv] / ˈnær ə tɪv /




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That narrative - mostly told through lavish video interludes - is about reckoning and reconciliation.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

“I think that’s a huge part of it,” Infante said when I asked how much economics has shaped the narrative around Gen Z and alcohol.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The Los Gatos, Calif., streamer said it closed the Hollywood-based gaming studio Night School, the maker of narrative games like “Oxenfree,” on Thursday and has proposed to close Helsinki, Finland-based gaming studio Moonloot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

And if that doesn’t ensure the populace is in thrall to the authoritarian narrative, the firemen of the novel burn books, ensuring ideas can’t get into the hands of the people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Then they encountered European society and for the first time their history acquired a narrative flow.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The right mix of true and imagined can give the simplest of humane narratives — in this case, the possibility of renewal in an epidemic of hurt — a fresher chance to touch us.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Most of Wall Street’s midcap narratives boil down to nothing more than asserting that such stocks are neither too big nor too little but “just right.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

In a letter posted online, he said quitting was "the only way" to end a "difficult period", but insisted the decision should not be "mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Speaking of his decision to step down he added it should not "be mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

He was utterly hopeless as a grand designer of narratives, and he knew it.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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