Thesaurus results for PLAY-BY-PLAYS

play-by-plays

noun

plural of play-by-play

as in analyses

a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event) on Monday mornings she usually gives her coworkers a detailed play-by-play on how her weekend date went

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Noun

However, recent analyses indicate California is not on track to meet its future targets of cutting emissions 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2045.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The General Assembly should consider economic impact analyses, public input and community impacts, while also considering opportunity costs (investments and funding foregone due to the stadium investment).

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of analyses

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My irritation was not with the charge itself but with how some of the commentaries about it invoked as evidence Vance’s wish to be buried in the country graveyard where generations of his ancestors already rest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of commentaries

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To get to the bottom of the mystery of the article’s spurious dating, Cade and a team of researchers from around the globe sifted through historic reports and observations of geomagnetic activity to set the record straight.

— Mike McRae October 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
And, based on my observations, some platform algorithms have forced very specific types of creator content formats, producing a formulaic product.

— William Daddi, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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