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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
The onstage comments triggered a wave of backlash from the media and fans alike as their songs were pulled from country radio stations and American audiences boycotted the Chicks’ shows. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026 Judging from their comments, some people didn’t know their voting habits can be seen by anyone. — Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026 Some of those posts, and others like them, generated thousands of comments and were seen tens of thousands of times. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026 Online comments have been largely critical of the episode’s quality. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026 The president's comments came as voters head to the polls for the last day of voting in the high-stakes midterm elections. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026 The comments came after Versant posted better-than-expected results for the third quarter. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026 The Facebook comments reacting to the closing were also encouraging. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026 Following her comments, Matsui entered the restaurant as a group of supporters applauded her. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
Our dear old Katie, who used to wake us up every morning with her cheery smile, is now nothing more than a miserable LIB Boomer who comments on Danica Patrick's Instagram posts in the middle of the night. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 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 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
  • Councilmember Lisa Kaplan, who is Jewish, publicly blasted Vang’s fundraiser with Piker, citing his history of commentary that critics including the Anti-Defamation League have called antisemitic and misogynistic.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Considering Intel's guidance on the worsening PC slowdown, commentary on current-quarter demand will carry more weight than the September-quarter results.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Davis’s letter follows a separate ethics complaint filed by a conservative watchdog group to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over Slotkin’s University of Chicago remarks, first reported by the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The nylon backpack from 1984, also on display, is still in stores today, remarks Guerra.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The project also reflects the increasing importance of reliable manufacturing capacity in industries that depend on sophisticated electronic, sensing and space-related technologies.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • This roster also reflects The District’s appeal to brands expanding selectively — with Adam Lippes, Pucci, Altuzarra and Maison Francis Kurkdjian choosing it for their Texas debuts, alongside Biologique Recherche’s sole Texas residence.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • My husband, a bookseller, often notes that most books are bad, and this may be doubly true for children’s books, whose brevity leads foolhardy would-be authors to underestimate the difficulty of their task.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The easy chemistry translates into the competition itself, where Levine notes that the four coaches are all fiercely competitive, but without the kind of animosity that can sometimes come with fighting over artists.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Comments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comments. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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