remarks 1 of 2

plural of remark
as in comments
a briefly expressed opinion the director made some short remarks about the new museum before officially opening the doors to visitors

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remarks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of remark

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Recent Examples of remarks
Noun
The group pointed to Stone’s history of inflammatory remarks about Black people. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 The piece suggests that treating the remarks as a joke does not resolve their seriousness. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Screenshots of an account appearing to belong to Kirk Thomson, who is running for Area 2, were posted to Reddit and show the use of the insensitive remarks. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Her remarks drew applause from members of the audience attending the meeting. — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2026 Know More Baker’s remarks came amid concerns that advanced AI models could be turned into potent hacking tools, capable of finding and exploiting unknown security flaws with little human direction. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 The remarks stand in stark contrast to Trump’s earlier posture toward Greenland, which had included months of combative rhetoric, tariff threats and a refusal to rule out military force to acquire the island. — Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Created under O’Hare’s leadership, the decorum policy prohibits personal attacks, impertinent, profane, obscene, or slanderous remarks as well as threatening, disruptive or unruly behavior. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 While livestreamed by the White House, the lack of microphones typically used by the pool caused the president's remarks at the event to be inaudible. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
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 Overnight, Sheeran did finally address the fallout from Macklemore being dropped from his tour over the support act’s pro-Palestine onstage remarks. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026 The network did not have a reporter in the pool covering his Oval Office remarks. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 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 As the activist Assata Olugbala Shakur remarks, the chains of oppression can be broken with love, support, and care, and the Black radical imagination cannot be quelled even when our lives are on the line. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 Carr placed considerable pressure on ABC following remarks Jimmy Kimmel made on his show about Charlie Kirk. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Yes, remarks those catty modernists made about their host could be less than savory, but Stein wasn’t bothered. — Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remarks
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
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
  • Another notices a client’s life changing earlier and shows up before the client thinks to reach out.
    — Lital Marom, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The graffiti multiplies until no one notices the restroom itself is falling apart, until municipal officials arrive on the scene.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Real people such as East German Ambassador Kurt Krüger and VERIFIED GDR deeds in Afghanistan are cited in the source notes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • As Che notes, the crowd is not fully on board, at least not as things get underway.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Swift is expected to plunge back through Earth’s atmosphere by year’s end, as solar storms drag its orbit lower, while Katalyst eyes future rescue attempts for other telescopes such as Hubble.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The film will enter production this November in Vermont as production company GrizzlieBradFilms LLC eyes a 2028 debut.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Anyone who spots Rio is urged to stay 100 yards away, and to report any sightings to their website or the WhaleAlert app.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Claude spots hidden repeats One Claude agent focused on an unusual reverse transcriptase family and began examining the raw DNA surrounding it.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Naish looks at that long curved snout and sees an ibis, one of the wading birds with a slender downcurved bill.
    — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Barry said one issue that is settled regards sewage treatment for the property.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Marsters has one son, Sullivan, with ex-wife Liane Davidson and regards his niece as his daughter.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Remarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remarks. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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