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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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Since proper vesicle recycling is crucial for brain communication, this mechanism could explain why patients experience diverse symptoms – from movement problems to memory loss – depending on which brain regions are affected first.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Nov. 2025
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Speaking on The Allison Hagendorf Show, Perry, the lead singer, explained just how the stars aligned for 4 Non Blondes to take the stage together once again.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Strictly speaking, the Democrats didn’t vote to end the shutdown.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Backstage later, Raw general manager Adam Pearce spoke about what just occurred with Punk, Jey, and Cody against The Vision.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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In 2010, a radical Islamic group called Revolution Muslim posted what many interpreted as a death threat after an episode in which the Prophet Muhammad was shown in a bear suit.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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In addition, people who are prone to anger or are more likely to interpret neutral facial expressions as negative, and those with more stress and negative emotions have higher sensitivity to negative faces.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Following the Qianlong Garden, museum officials said Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation), the residence and administrative office for Qing emperors, is also expected to reopen this year after completing restoration work that started in 2018.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Darbin Wofford, deputy director of health care for the centrist Democratic group Third Way, said even if there’s an agreement that reopens the government without a subsidy extension, Republicans already own the consequences.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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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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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kids aged 7 to 18 can also walk in for the shot without a prescription, as long as a parent or guardian gives consent and talks it over with the pharmacist.—
Evan Moore
November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Speaking to the Daily Mail on Thursday, Zhou expounded on her allegations.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gently expounded with a God-like omniscience by an unseen narrator (Will Patton), Train Dreams takes place in a space between the then and the now, being simultaneously of the past and in the moment (Bentley plays with time in unexpected ways).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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The judge also noted she had not previously been told a mechanic had worked on the car, and also the government has given at least two different accounts of who approved the car’s removal to Maine.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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While many people might rush to see a doctor after such a discovery, Farrington put it off, telling herself that the lump would disappear naturally.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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