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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
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 The 22-year-old quarterback immediately came under scrutiny on social media for his comments. Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The Star requested comments from Derick and Shelley Shackelford, who own construction company Shack Built, and are silent partners with ownership stakes in both Drastic Measures and Wild Child. Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Also at the 2026 Emmys, Roach shared cryptic comments about the marital status of his longtime client Zendaya and her partner, Tom Holland. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Arch Manning apologizes on IG for his comments about the AI Holly Rowe video. Antonio Morales, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Three people submitted public comments opposing the resolution, according to Board of Supervisors meeting documents. Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026 O’Hare removed one man during public comments for picking up the microphone. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026 The comments from Beijing came days after France started applying its anti-ultra-fast fashion law, which penalizes each item between 25 cents and 12 euros (over $13). Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
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 The former season-24 Bachelor lead, Peter Weber, or Pilot Pete to the initiated, took to the Instagram comments under The Viall Files to address his relationship with his then–Bachelor producer Julie LaPlaca. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 July 2026 Thomas comments with three lovestruck emojis, and Kerstin replies with two. William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comments
Noun
  • Members of the club’s in-house commentary team embraced fans in front of them; manager David Moyes punched the air.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Magnus had almost entirely eradicated the type of commentary that divided fans along political and racial lines.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh indicated last week that the central bank is uncomfortable with the current rate of inflation, remarks investors interpreted to mean the Fed is likely to raise its key interest rate in response.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As Hythlodaeus remarks, the political thinkers of the time would dismiss the whole thing as nonsense.
    Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The six-machine launch reflects the company’s wider attempt to develop into a more comprehensive supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment rather than remaining focused on a single part of the fabrication process.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The interest, in part, reflects the broader peptide-craze that has increasingly entered the mainstream wellness and longevity space.
    Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • ZipRecruiter notes that employers using traditional methods can spend about a week just sorting through applications before reaching promising candidates.
    Audrey Payne, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The resolution notes that programming would still continue at The Reach, the extension to the center that opened in 2019, while the National Symphony Orchestra would continue at alternate venues.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

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