1
as in comment
a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)
the TV anchors provided a running commentary on the parade
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as in story
usually commentaries plural
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 commentary
In January, a draft bill was circulated for commentary in the House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee.
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
The coincidence sparked a wave of commentary on social media.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
People have explained Davidson’s disability ad nauseam, but that commentary has been a hurtful reminder that Black personhood is a constant afterthought.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Williamson’s greatest failure comes in the film’s relationship to meta-commentary.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
The coincidence sparked a wave of commentary on social media.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
People have explained Davidson’s disability ad nauseam, but that commentary has been a hurtful reminder that Black personhood is a constant afterthought.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Williamson’s greatest failure comes in the film’s relationship to meta-commentary.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentary
Noun
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Reached Wednesday, Dudley referred to The Pillar story and declined comment.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Israeli military had no immediate comment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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This chance encounter between a group of young Brits and Americans led to three transatlantic love stories and three weddings.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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This story has been updated to add new information.—
Andrea Shalal,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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Nearly two-thirds of children detained by ICE were eventually deported, and almost 1 in 10 left the country when their parents accepted voluntary departure, according to an AP analysis of the latest comprehensive data.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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This data is affirmed by an isotope analysis, which showed that the plague victims grew up in different places.—
Durrie Bouscaren,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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With ace editing by Alan Lowe, Neville follows a general chronology, but wisely avoids the completist minutiae of an album-by-album breakdown.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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Only some forty works of his are known to have survived, and the inability to create any sort of accurate chronology required the curators of From Shadow to Light, which contains more than twenty of his paintings, to organize the exhibition thematically.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Here are three observations from the game.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Earlier that day, Pike was making troubling observations that led him to think that the entire area needed to be re-investigated.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Powell was added to the Heat’s injury report on Thursday morning, with the team listing him as questionable for the contest because of right groin soreness.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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An interview with an 8-year-old In 1995, when my daughter Sarah was about 8 years old, her school assigned the students a report on a civil rights leader for Black History Month.—
Rick Davis,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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But there are two categories of nonprofessionals whose place in the history of the art strikes me as particularly exalted.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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One team was coming off its highest high, the other off its lowest low, but recent history matters little whenever UCLA and USC meet.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Bauerlein, a Wall Street Journal reporter, did her research, attended the trial, and wrote a page-turner of a narrative non-fiction account of the Murdaugh dynasty in South Carolina and the ultimate accountability of a psychopath.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Historical accounts describe Sutter, a Swiss immigrant and early California settler, as enslaving Indigenous people and forcing tribes to work in inhumane and sometimes deadly conditions.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Commentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentary. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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