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narrative

[nar-uh-tiv] / ˈnær ə tɪv /




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Surging global bond yields are overwhelming the inflation-hedge narrative, says YCC Capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

“If they can hold that backlog demand in their guidance, that’s a very powerful rebuttal to any slowdown narrative near term,” he said, referring to the company’s forecast.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Medical director Ian Harvey "sought to control the narrative", and presented the case as he saw it.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

That narrative, the switch, the whiplash of that made me feel like OK, so these last nine years have been for what?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Ugwu thought he made out something familiar on an unrolled portion of paper, the word narrative, but it could not be.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

For many months, the Magnificent Seven diverged as different narratives drove share prices.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

She saw mythological narratives as vessels in which we can see essential truths about how peoples of the past understood their world and their place in it.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

“No matter what, there’s always going to be people that create those narratives and say whatever they want to say,” Clark said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Once they are cleaned by a conservation specialist, we expect to find out more about the identities and personal narratives of the people buried here.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Origin narratives, or “stories about how this all began,” help a group of people feel that they belong to a community with a common past and shared ideas about what is important.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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