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Recent Examples of commentate
Urban Meyer commentates before the game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on November 23, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Chiney Ogwumike, who played for the Los Angeles Sparks, has since become a basketball analyst and host for ESPN; Haley Jones, a guard for the Dallas Wings, has also commentated for NBA TV and the WNBA finals.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 July 2025
Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd, a documentary commentating their silver anniversary, was also released on July 8.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Up in the media centre, the fastest Englishman of them all, Mark Wood — whose quickest spells have always come with an older ball — had the perfect view of his pace colleague while commentating for the BBC’s Test Match Special radio show.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Chiney Ogwumike, who played for the Los Angeles Sparks, has since become a basketball analyst and host for ESPN; Haley Jones, a guard for the Dallas Wings, has also commentated for NBA TV and the WNBA finals.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 July 2025
Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd, a documentary commentating their silver anniversary, was also released on July 8.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Up in the media centre, the fastest Englishman of them all, Mark Wood — whose quickest spells have always come with an older ball — had the perfect view of his pace colleague while commentating for the BBC’s Test Match Special radio show.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentate
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Gabbard has not explained her involvement in the case herself.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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On Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan also reemerges as a restless, sometimes cordial, often corrosive analyst, agreeing at last to engage—if not fully to explain—the whats, hows, and, possibly whys of his creative life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Disciplinary procedure documents shared with the Washington Examiner show that Goldis received several warnings from her higher-ups to stop speaking critically about the PGM sector.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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Portland Mayor Mark Dion, a Democrat, spoke about the importance of speaking out in the wake of ICE's actions in the city.—
KIMBERLEE KRUESI,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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It cannot even be interpreted like that.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Understanding Latin America is not merely a requirement for interpreting headlines about Venezuela but a prerequisite for Americans to understand themselves and their place in the world.—
Ana L. Ros,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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Adam Mendelsohn, a communications adviser and former deputy chief of staff to Schwarzenegger as governor, said there’s an appetite in California for greater accountability under what is essentially single-party rule.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Egyptian authorities said roughly 150 hospitals across the country are prepared to receive patients evacuated from Gaza, while the Egyptian Red Crescent has set up support areas on the Egyptian side of the crossing.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Far from contemporary pop, each note and lyric demands your full attention; the reward is transcendence, even as the material nudges you to annotate like a philosophy student with a highlighter in hand.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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For example, after a creature’s genome is sequenced, the huge mass of raw genetic data—consisting of millions or billions of genetic building blocks called base pairs—must be annotated.—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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As the industry now begins talking seriously about agentic AI, a more independent and decision-capable form of artificial intelligence, the question is no longer whether AI will reshape cars, but how far it should be allowed to go.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Many survivors have been helped by talking things through with a licensed psychotherapist.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Digital and tech journalist Taylor Lorenz expounds upon the influence of the digital space called social media in her book, Extremely Online.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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On Monday, the coach took to social media with a string of posts explaining his departure, expounding on a situation with many layers.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Feb. 2026
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Kate later told Mary Berry that William tried to pull out all the stops in the kitchen to impress her early on in their relationship.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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