commentariat
noun
com·men·tar·i·at
ˌkä-mən-ˈter-ē-at 
-ē-ˌat
: a group of powerful and influential commentators : punditocracy
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While the commentariat saw his increasingly bizarre improvisations at the lectern as no less disqualifying than Biden’s confusion during the fatal debate, Trump kept faith with his dominant source of inspiration––retribution.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Donald Trump has gotten the commentariat to speak Latin.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 17 Feb. 2025
Hence, expectations of his return seem subdued in the Russian media and commentariat.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
Yet these complaints ring hollow in the mouths of a commentariat that spent the election season boasting that Kamala Harris’s centrism was working.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Donald Trump has gotten the commentariat to speak Latin.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 17 Feb. 2025
Hence, expectations of his return seem subdued in the Russian media and commentariat.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
Yet these complaints ring hollow in the mouths of a commentariat that spent the election season boasting that Kamala Harris’s centrism was working.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Commentariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commentariat. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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