commentates

Definition of commentatesnext
present tense third-person singular of commentate
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Verb
  • Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Another novelty is a pope who speaks English as a mother tongue, something not seen for centuries.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Aubrey explains that discussing difficult topics openly has become a central part of the podcast’s purpose, particularly when those topics are often avoided in everyday conversation.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Advertisement Travers explains that this has consequences for the whole of British politics, as its parliamentary system is not designed to host a wide range of parties.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • The phrase also sometimes is used as a battle cry and has been employed by those with a nefarious agenda to instill fear of anyone who utters it and to raise concerns about Islam itself, according to Muslim scholars and civil rights advocates.
    Michelle Krupa, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Falduto utters the words as his character Billy to Dewey, playing the opinionated student who becomes the stylist for the band.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • On this week’s episode of Good One, Gethard — whose latest special, A Father and the Sun, debuted this past September — expounds on these ideas by outlining what pursuing a creative career used to look like, where things went wrong, and where artists must go from here.
    Chris Gethard, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The jazz quartet interprets the work of Thelonious Monk, expanding classic compositions into absorbing experimental journeys that stretch beyond free jazz.
    Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • Devin Archer richly interprets Emile’s romantic ballads, French accent and all, while Cindy Chang brings some honest dignity to Bloody Mary and Anthony Maggio’s Cabel goes far beyond the standard-issue tenor.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Bianco says the probe is a fact‑finding effort to ensure election integrity, not a criminal case.
    James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • The complaint says the parents were told the injury was caused by normal toddler play.
    Lina Ruiz May 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Commentates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentates. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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