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
Once again this year, fourth grade teachers around the county turned their classrooms into recording studios, and their students submitted outstanding stories, interviews and commentaries for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.
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Jordan Owens, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the commentaries sound designer Ben Burtt also did the original Star Wars trilogy molding in the Disney vault.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
To enrich the engagement, both audiences, artists and celebrities recorded exclusive commentaries for each of the 32 artifacts, offering the public a completely new lens on the collection.
—Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025
Larsen shared her weekly commentaries on the air at WVXU-FM radio from 1994 to 2002.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
How the inextricable combinations of lyrical narratives and distortion-addled arrangements served as salient commentaries on authoritarian power and artificial intelligence, as well as science denialism, knee-bending capitulation and unrestrained wealth.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Eckhardt’s commentaries on God and scripture are dense and recursive, breaking ideas into component parts, placing them onto higher and lower planes, making hierarchies and triads out of them until eventually becoming something like an investigation into being and nothingness themselves.
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Jordan Owens, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the commentaries sound designer Ben Burtt also did the original Star Wars trilogy molding in the Disney vault.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
To enrich the engagement, both audiences, artists and celebrities recorded exclusive commentaries for each of the 32 artifacts, offering the public a completely new lens on the collection.
—Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025
Larsen shared her weekly commentaries on the air at WVXU-FM radio from 1994 to 2002.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
How the inextricable combinations of lyrical narratives and distortion-addled arrangements served as salient commentaries on authoritarian power and artificial intelligence, as well as science denialism, knee-bending capitulation and unrestrained wealth.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Eckhardt’s commentaries on God and scripture are dense and recursive, breaking ideas into component parts, placing them onto higher and lower planes, making hierarchies and triads out of them until eventually becoming something like an investigation into being and nothingness themselves.
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentaries
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Early Saturday, Ann Davis, 55, of Maynard was killed in a crash in rural Randolph County, a report from state police says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Multiple reports indicate Napier will be fired if the Gators lose a fifth game this season.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Next up, the 49ers return to the road for a Sunday visit to the Houston Texans, who take a two-game win streak and a 2-3 record into Monday night’s game at Seattle (4-2).—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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As for the Chiefs, a win would give them a 4-3 record and would also give them their fourth win over the last five games.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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There are videos flying around, with or without context; the US government is producing some, promoting others from random X accounts.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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If your bet loses, a $700 bonus refund will be credited to your account.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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So, are the bullpen woes history?—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Commentaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentaries. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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