COMMENTATES Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

commentates

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present tense third-person singular of commentate

as in annotates

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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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Eve Babitz wrote about them, too, in a way that speaks to me now, as an adult and a creative in Los Angeles.

— Sarah Batcha, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
And he’s trained by Clint Parks, who has worked with numerous past SDSU players and regularly speaks highly of the program’s developmental capacity.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaks

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Odds of getting shares were worse than one in five thousand, which explains pretty loudly why the stock popped so much on launch.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Here, The Athletic explains the latest situation in terms of both outgoings and incomings at St James’ Park.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of explains

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At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.

— Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 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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But Supreme Court scholars and the public alike seldom pay much attention to concurring opinions, in which a justice expounds on the views of their colleagues in the majority.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 9 July 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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The company says its quantum gravity gradiometry (QGG) technology can detect extremely small variations in Earth’s gravitational field.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Nate Bailey, the former head of Atlanta’s firefighter union, says he was retaliated against after advocating for better working conditions.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of says

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Across its restaurants, bars, and private dining experiences, Conrad Punta de Mita interprets the flavors of Mexico’s Pacific coast with creativity and balance.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026
Sickafoose's team interprets this as being the haze particles settling towards lower latitudes.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of interprets

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Patrick, who talks regularly with Ford and Moore, agreed, saying that is not just how a governor does the job, but how a candidate wins it in the first place.

— Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Below, Temple talks with Vanity Fair about returning to Ted Lasso, her punk rock upbringing, her friendship with Hannah Waddingham, and her relationship with cigarettes.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of talks

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