Thesaurus results for COMMENTARIES

commentaries

noun

plural of commentary

as in report

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened the general's commentaries on his military campaigns rank among the best firsthand accounts of the war

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Recent Examples of commentaries There have been some excellent commentaries on what the Hormuz Crisis means for different parts of the world in terms of oil and gas. —

Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 In some races, members of the Opinion team wrote separate commentaries about the races elaborating on their thoughts about the candidates. —

The Editorial Board, Daily News, 23 May 2026 Church’s landscapes from those traumatic years functioned as commentaries on the conflict’s course. —

Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Pau’s videos, operating both as personal diaries and layered social commentaries, reflect a territorial condition mired in uncertainty. —

Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026 To go with touring, acting, and writing, Gaffigan also does commentaries for CBS Sunday Morning. —

Patrick Damp, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 While Bright Lights is a clinically sound and narratively solid depiction of a sickness, this movie adaptation lacks the novel’s deliciously acerbic descriptions of New York’s sick social scene as well as its protagonist’s self-aware commentaries. —

Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026 These Jones pieces and several others are accompanied by audio commentaries on which animation historians Michael Barrier, Greg Ford, and Eric Goldberg provide valuable context. —

Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026 Later commentaries describe the relics that came out of the Buddha’s ashes as glittering jewels — some as small as mustard seeds and others resembling gems or golden nuggets. —

Deepa Bharath, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Among frequent issues cited in the adverse event reports were administration of an extra or incorrect dose, issues with communication about a product, and prescribing errors.

— Maia Rosenfeld, NBC news, 29 May 2026
On Thursday, May 28, the National Park Service (NPS) confirmed in a release that park rangers had received a report around midnight local time regarding the four people who had fallen.

— Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026