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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
Trump has offered similar comments before, including in late 2025. Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Here are those comments are more of what people were saying in defense of Swift. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 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 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 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
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
  • Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Two years ago, Shen Anyu, a voice actor who earns a living from narrating news commentaries and other short programs, began noticing an alarming number of videos on social-media platforms that seemed to feature his voice without his permission.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 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
  • In between the swaggering pronouncements, Jaggseer waxes poetic about dusty roads and Chevy trucks and reflects on humble beginnings and hard work.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Alo’s physical retail expansion also reflects a clear brand strategy.
    Advertorial, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Vogue notes the trend appears on jackets made of wool, leather and nylon, spanning heavier winter coats through lighter weatherproof options.
    Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, as the Burke Museum notes, the low-lying forests of nut and beech trees the birds depended on were cleared for farmland as settlement spread west.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Comments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comments. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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