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chronicle

[kron-i-kuhl] / ˈkrɒn ɪ kəl /


VERB
report, recount
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Amusing anecdotes and lessons strengthen an otherwise straightforward chronicle.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Like many of the best covers, Harris sings this young girl’s chronicle of her long-suffering mother’s sacrifices with such natural assurance that you’d think “To Daddy” had been written for her.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

The chronicle has a Kafka-esque ending, with the author on trial, accused of removing his relatives’ names from a list of Greeks with money in Swiss bank accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

So did this project start out as a chronicle of discovery and processing this information with your dad?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

By early 1937, the lab was regularly producing material for “two dozen physicists, half a dozen biologists, and several chemists,” as an early chronicle reported.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

She followed that up with “Traps,” in 2013, a slim suspense novel that chronicles the lives of four women in the American Southwest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The artwork, which chronicles scenes from the 1066 Battle of Hastings and the start of the Norman Conquest of England, was held in a shock-proof and temperature controlled case to protect the delicate embroidery.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

She also started a Substack newsletter called “Finding Claire-ity,” where she openly chronicles her life and struggles on the tour.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The landscape inspired the author C. S. Lewis to create his fictional land Narnia, the setting for his chronicles including, most famously, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Early Korean chronicles tell us that the different kingdoms had different languages.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The coming-of-age stories of four women the Times evacuated are chronicled in the forthcoming book “The Last Free Women,” excerpted below.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Since then, every twist of their relationship has been chronicled by the press.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

According to a dispute with a neighbor chronicled in court documents, Adelkoff and her then-husband acquired the home in 2002.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The Canadian Medical Association Journal chronicled his family taking him to get emergency care over the following days and both clinics and hospital doctors trying to diagnose his symptoms.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

They started a blog called 50 Homes in 50 States and chronicled their moving adventures.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

It was restarted from scratch in 2013 with a new trilogy dubbed "Survivor", chronicling the adventures of a younger, less experienced Lara.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

The journalist Michael Wolff, who has been chronicling Trump for years, says he obtained both letters while writing a book about the president’s 2024 campaign.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

She spent the last three years chronicling her daily life as a young person going through chemotherapy and living with cancer, with all its hopes, joys and struggles.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Skidelsky’s involvement with his subject did not cease, however, with the chronicling and analysis of Keynes’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Mostly it was just me, chronicling heartbreak the only way I knew how.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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