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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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In March 2025, Chelsea gave PEOPLE an exclusive update on Max's health journey, explaining that their son has had to relearn basic functions and attend physical therapy.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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The canal connected increasingly specialized regions in the early US, explains historian Roger Ransom.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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Diane Brady is an award-winning business journalist and author who has interviewed newsmakers worldwide and often speaks about the global business landscape.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Another Dodger Japanese pitching star, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was the series' MVP after winning three games, also spoke in English.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Clothes that defy convention — of gender, of context, even of gravity — interpreting sculptural and oversized forms.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Conklin did not edit the de Blasio article, a person familiar with the coverage said.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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What’s more, Microsoft will remain capacity constrained for the remainder of the fiscal year, Hood said.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Below is the text of the Fifteenth Amendment, annotated with scholarship from JSTOR to provide historical context and research.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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The archival material is organized and annotated by Chaplin biographer David Robinson and editor Cecilia Cenciarelli, who have done essential work here detailing Chaplin’s biggest final burst of creativity.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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Connor called 911 for help, and authorities tried to locate Mallory while also talking to the rest of the friends about what happened.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her focus is less on the reason for the decline than on the question of why people—even close family members—stopped talking with one another.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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And expounding on them with some nice face-ripping-off guitar leads.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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At the center on Thursday morning, staff expounded about their tribute as part of the crawl to the former Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, once a marquee event locally that ended in 2017.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Three people familiar with the situation told Semafor that Hurley reached out to an email address the reporter believed belonged to the former mayor of New York.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Expectations further rose over the course of the president’s trip to Asia, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, with the hopes that the deal would produce more than just a low-key touchpoint between the two world leaders.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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