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commentators

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plural of commentator

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Recent Examples of commentators The viral allegations—originating from fringe French commentators and later amplified by conservative commentator Candace Owens, claiming Macron’s real name is Jean-Michel Trogneux, who is, in fact, Macron’s brother. — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

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The additional $10 million the department is requesting would pay for two supervising attorneys, 25 attorneys, 3 senior legal analysts and one associate governmental program analyst, the request says.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of analysts

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After holding steady last year while commercial broadcasters such as Canal+ and TF1 scaled back, the public broadcaster will reduce its investment in film by €5 million in 2026.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Once broadcasters enter the Pete Maher broadcast booth — named after the longtime, legendary Flames broadcaster — they’re treated to some of the best sight lines in the league for broadcasters.

— Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of broadcasters

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Industry observers who might have been optimistic in January now sound a lot more sour.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Netanyahu and his party, Likud, are not ahead in most mainstream polls, and yet most observers of any credibility agree that damn near anything could happen, especially given Israel’s complicated parliamentary arrangements and wild array of parties.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of observers

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With two of Fox’s NFL announcers working MLB playoff series (thus moving Chris Myers up to a different team), the network will use Charlotte Hornets TV voice Eric Collins with Mark Schlereth on Sunday’s Dolphins-Bengals game.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Many top announcers’ contracts are expected to lapse after the end of this season, including not only Aikman’s, but Greg Olsen at Fox, and Al Michaels at Amazon.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of announcers

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The group of Star columnists and reporters who regularly cover the Chiefs — Sam McDowell, Vahe Gregorian, Pete Sweeney, Pete Grathoff and me — weighed in on the bye-week awards and unanimously slotted Walker at the top of both ballots.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Thus, the relationship between gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (itself the subject of George Eells’s 1971 dual biography, Hedda and Louella) was at first a symbiotic friendship and then a brutal rivalry.

— Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of columnists

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Breaking through this boredom — especially when hosting influencers and journalists who have so often been there and done that — is perhaps easier said than done.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In the last several weeks, multiple journalists have been hearing that cuts could be in the 5 percent range, or more, at the company.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalists

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The Athletic, which eliminated its Sox beat writer position a few years ago, had three reporters at Game 3.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
At the time, Bragg publicly claimed, in his own defense, that Times journalists often leaned on uncredited reporters.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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