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plural of comment
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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present tense third-person singular of comment

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Recent Examples of comments
Noun
Sissi's comments echoed Egypt's unequivocal refusal of a permanent Palestinian expulsion into neighboring countries. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 LaVine’s wife, Hunter LaVine, reacted to the hot-mic moment in comments on an Instagram post of the livestream. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 Big Creek — a breakfast and lunch diner — did not respond to The Star’s requests for comments. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026 According to court records, Pike and Slemmer were students at the Job Corps Center in Knoxville when Pike, then 18, tortured and killed her, allegedly over comments Slemmer, 19, had made about her relationship. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Trump has offered similar comments before, including in late 2025. — Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Predictably, Kristi has gotten plenty of hate in the comments for harvesting this big, beautiful bull elk. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Your own experience may be different, tell us about it in the comments. — New York Times Games, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2026 His comments come amid an intensifying debate over AI safety, fueled most recently by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend essay calling for frontier AI labs to slow the pace of model development to give safety measures more time to catch up. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
Upworthy is already proving what that can look like, turning the conversations in our Instagram comments into a New York Times bestselling book. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 This year’s fans cheered on Backpack in the contest’s Instagram comments, noting his lineage and reputation as a gentle giant. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Ryan didn't hold back in Freedom's Instagram comments after the ejection, calling out the WNBA for failing to stand up for female athletes as the league's position on the trans issue keeps falling apart. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Keller city council member comments After the second closed session, McMullin said the council’s resolution outlines all the concerns that Keller residents mentioned. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026 John Carroll School comments on arrest A statement from the John Carroll School said Goedeke had not been employed by the school since February of this year and that the suspect no longer had any ties to the institution. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Moody’s spokesperson directed us to comments the former Florida attorney general gave to Local 10. — The Miami Herald Editorial Board, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 France’s challenges came from external provocation, first the petulance of the Paraguayan team, but then comments widely condemned as racist by a Paraguayan politician. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026 The department directed Fortune to comments Chief Jim McDonnell made at a police commission meeting on Tuesday. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comments
Noun
  • NASASpaceflight has many cameras in position around Starbase, and the company typically shares up-close video views and live commentary for preflight activities.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Rates become an even bigger hurdle for stocks Treasury yields surged to multidecade highs last week as strong economic data and hawkish Federal Reserve commentary raised expectations for more rate hikes.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As Clarissa remarks, their glorious futures have long since passed.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The ministry’s statement was responding to remarks Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar Rivera made in an interview with the Herald.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Its new rush for a deal with Washington, analysts said, reflects its eye on the midterms.
    — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The nation's constant refrain — stay out of our internal affairs — reflects its history of trying to secure the edges of the country that are distant from Beijing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This all sounds exhausting, but most inhabitants love it, Specht notes, especially compared with the chaos of nearby Miami.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Lee notes that Microsoft, for example, has taken steps to lessen its near-term accounting obligations by extending depreciation schedules.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Comments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comments. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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