chronicle
noun
a chronological record of events; a history.
chronicler
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a word derived from
chronicle.
Example Sentences
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"The Smyrnaeans have the river Meles, with its lovely water, and at its springs is the grotto, where they say Homer composed his poems," wrote the 2nd-century Greek chronicler and geographer Pausanias.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Despite my hopes as a chronicler, she didn’t speak, as she hadn’t the day before at services in Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
As engaging a chronicler of his own life as Valdez is, his lessons in how to be seen and heard — and how to stay that way — feel especially timely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
As Andy Spinoza, the foremost chronicler of Manchester's turnaround, puts it: "Burnham jumped into a moving car, and by the end he was driving it."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The main generals and much of the officer corps died, wrote the Inka chronicler Santacruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua, “all their faces covered with scabs.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
