commentating

present participle of commentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentating
Verb
  • The elections were largely in areas that have recently favored Democrats, so there are limits to interpreting what the results could mean for next year’s broader midterm races.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold over $6 billion in stock in the third quarter of the year, in a move that some investors are interpreting as a warning to global markets.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • While speaking, Mamdani went into the archives of Indian history, quoting its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • While speaking at her daily news conference on Wednesday, Sheinbaum framed the moment as symbolic of a broader issue facing Mexican women.
    Emma Bussey , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers are counting on such advances to help power them in their grand quest of sequencing and annotating the world’s organisms.
    Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Instead of annotating the text in the margins, use removable sticky notes to record your favorite quotes and thoughts.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the next few years, the study says workers will be talking to their phones or laptops, instead of typing, thanks to the explosion of AI.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The leader of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization that fights antisemitism, is explaining his group's decision to set up a special project to monitor Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City.
    NPR, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Ukraine knows about the value of culture as soft power and spends a lot of money explaining to the world what’s going on in their country.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Waymo touts its safety record, citing company research saying that compared to a human driver, Waymo vehicles reported a 91% reduction in serious injury crashes, 79% fewer airbag deployments and 80% fewer injury-causing collisions.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Nist, however, pushed back against this recollection, saying her bed simply wasn’t big enough for the two of them.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Millie Bobby Brown is standing up for herself against headlines commenting on her appearance.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • While the moment is Hallmark-worthy, social media users have been commenting on Shante’s reaction during the rapper’s speech and presentation of the rings.
    Essence, Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • And expounding on them with some nice face-ripping-off guitar leads.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Commentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentating. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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