commentates

present tense third-person singular of commentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentates
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
  • Born in New York to Nigerian parents, Folarin Balogun speaks with a British accent, courtesy of a childhood largely forged in England.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • These soils lie beyond a depth of three meters, or about 10 feet, explains Yi Xi, the study’s first author and a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for Climate and Environmental Sciences in France.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
  • Brandon Nimmo and Lugo were teammates with the Mets for years, by the way, which explains the immediate concern.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Carpenter also says the district is closely monitoring some potential cuts to federal grants for students of poverty and language learners.
    Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • And there was luck in that, the coach says.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • This accumulation of unmade decisions creates anxiety, decision fatigue, and mental paralysis, as the brain interprets uncertainty as a threat.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Although no policy changes are expected this week, investors are looking for whether Warsh will signal changes in how the Fed communicates its economic views or interprets inflation data.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Oil prices are easing as ceasefire talks advance, but the real story is that the market defused the Hormuz crisis long before diplomacy did.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Years later, Eggers still talks as much about Taylor-Joy’s work ethic as her talent.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
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“Commentates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentates. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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