as in commentary
a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)
the pundit's comments on the political events of the previous week were astute as usual
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as in remarks
to make a statement of one's opinion
commenting on recent developments in the Middle East
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Recent Examples of comments
Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Gallardo's comments were a noteworthy shift.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Zelenskyy's comments came days before Russia launched more than 800 drones and other munitions across Ukraine overnight Saturday, including the capital city of Kyiv, where the government's cabinet building was struck.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
What Brown and Downing have done, following comments Vrabel made last March, is help pare down the verbiage in McDaniels’ system.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Yang's video has certainly generated plenty of interest and sparked debate on TikTok, leading to more than 2,000 comments on the post so far.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The Australian singer later apologized to the lesbian community for her comments.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Wallace cited Journal Sentinel reporting from last week on comments from aldermen, who were frustrated that the council had no input and weren't informed of the selection until a weekend before it was made public.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Johnson expressed her remorse and support for her fellow comedians in the comments section of various posts on the Instagram page of the Saturday Night Network podcast.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The film, written by Tony McNamara (The Favourite, The Great) and directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Bombshell), also comments on the observation that Brits are inherently better at insulting each other in a way that feels humorous or light-hearted as opposed to just outright cruel.
—EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Swift turned off her Instagram comments 10 years ago and offered advice to people who live online.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Del Rey took to Pop Base’s Instagram comments to further explain the song’s lyrics and her conflicting feelings with Cain.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
Even now, prospective new Tea users are clamoring in the app’s Instagram comments to have their identities verified.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
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There were similar comments about inspiration from Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem last summer, and by Indian Neeraj Chopra in 2021.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Gallardo's comments were a noteworthy shift.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Zelenskyy's comments came days before Russia launched more than 800 drones and other munitions across Ukraine overnight Saturday, including the capital city of Kyiv, where the government's cabinet building was struck.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
What Brown and Downing have done, following comments Vrabel made last March, is help pare down the verbiage in McDaniels’ system.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Yang's video has certainly generated plenty of interest and sparked debate on TikTok, leading to more than 2,000 comments on the post so far.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The Australian singer later apologized to the lesbian community for her comments.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Wallace cited Journal Sentinel reporting from last week on comments from aldermen, who were frustrated that the council had no input and weren't informed of the selection until a weekend before it was made public.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Johnson expressed her remorse and support for her fellow comedians in the comments section of various posts on the Instagram page of the Saturday Night Network podcast.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Check who comments on your posts daily.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The film, written by Tony McNamara (The Favourite, The Great) and directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Bombshell), also comments on the observation that Brits are inherently better at insulting each other in a way that feels humorous or light-hearted as opposed to just outright cruel.
—EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Swift turned off her Instagram comments 10 years ago and offered advice to people who live online.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Del Rey took to Pop Base’s Instagram comments to further explain the song’s lyrics and her conflicting feelings with Cain.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
Even now, prospective new Tea users are clamoring in the app’s Instagram comments to have their identities verified.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comments
Noun
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Mostly, social commentary is left in the background, and the problems the characters face are explicitly of their own making.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Stats, score updates and commentary Follow live commentary from our team of reporters and columnists, including The Star’s Sam McDowell and Vahe Gregorian in Sao Paulo, below.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Russia is not alone in rejecting von der Leyen’s remarks, as Germany also expressed doubt about the proposal.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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When asked about the perfect wedding spell trend, Tee remarks that customers still ask for love spells, but the impetus is more often a desire for retention, since financial stress can negatively affect romantic relationships.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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The political knife fight reflects the touch-and-go nature of House Republicans’ current majority, which will be 220-215 when several seats are filled through special elections in the coming months.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Army contract reflects a growing emphasis on layered defense solutions in an environment where adversaries are fielding increasingly complex missile threats.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The report only notes one version of the standard iPhone 17.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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In fact, Lamarche notes there's strong evidence from observational studies that cheese is associated with a lower risk of stroke.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Comments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comments. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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