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narrative

[nar-uh-tiv] / ˈnær ə tɪv /




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“Both sides need a narrative that allows them to de-escalate without looking as if they capitulated.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Those trades are then vulnerable to short and sharp corrections, even in the case of small positioning adjustments or narrative shifts.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Was it challenging to balance everything in your narrative?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Mindy Romero, director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy in California, challenged the narrative that California has a problem and suggested that people should look at the issue from a different perspective.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

And after years of bumbling, potentially crooked investigations into the Osage murders, White needed to weed out half facts and build an indubitable narrative based on what he called an “unbroken chain of evidence.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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