commentates

verb

present tense third-person singular of commentate
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as in annotates

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as in speaks

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  1. annotates
  2. speaks
  3. explains
  4. utters
  5. expounds
  6. says
  7. interprets
  8. talks
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  • Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person.
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of annotates
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  • Yet El-Sayed speaks about the controversy with something approaching amusement.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026
  • Referee François Letexier speaks with the Egypt team Tuesday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 8 July 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • Lobello explains why soccer is such an efficient form of exercise and what the World Cup could mean for adults looking to get active.
    — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
  • While sharing her Beauty Secrets with Vogue, the 20-year-old explains that the bittersweet ballad was inspired by a Japanese phrase that means, essentially, everything beautiful is temporary.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 14 July 2026
Definition of explains
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  • Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 2026
  • Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Definition of utters
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  • Jones also further expounds on the vampire’s wretched lineage and mythology through flashbacks.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • In the latter category is the childhood home of Mary (Renate Reinsve), a psychiatrist who confidently expounds her therapeutic philosophy in her sessions with clients and on late-night TV commercials promoting her self-help audio cassette tapes.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026
Definition of expounds
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  • Defense says evidence is circumstantial, seeks lower bond Brown’s attorney, Bryan Hoeller, filed a motion on Tuesday seeking to reduce his bond, which had been set at $2 million.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • The company says its CoSMo fusion systems are based on the magnetic mirror concept, which uses magnetic fields to confine high-temperature plasma.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Definition of says
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  • Haiken interprets this as evidence that customers remain confident the dealer network will continue supporting them.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026
  • When a model reasons about revenue, that concept needs to carry the same meaning whether the agent pulls from a data warehouse, queries a CRM or interprets a downstream report.
    — Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of interprets
Verb
  • Speaking from beyond the grave, Andy Warhol talks with Jasper Dean about the latter’s love for Beat poets and Cameron Winter.
    — Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
  • The Emmy nominee talks her introduction to horror and exploring the origins of the original killer.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Definition of talks
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