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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verb

present tense third-person singular of remark

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Recent Examples of remarks
Noun
Although these remarks sound like typical things a wife would say about her husband, political commentator David Pakman remains skeptical. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2026 Trump is scheduled to travel to Texas later this week to deliver economic remarks at a truck manufacturing company -- a visit that comes five weeks before Election Day and as Texas is home to many key races. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 The two candidates gave their remarks during a forum hosted by Jewish Federation Los Angeles and other groups, which focused on issues important to Jewish Angelenos. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Trump on Monday acted confused when a reporter asked him about Ambassador David Perdue's remarks over the weekend, suggesting the diplomat was confusing China with Taiwan. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026 The remarks were sharper than those Rubio made in New York less than a week earlier. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 Her remarks drew applause from members of the audience attending the meeting. — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 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 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
  • Sissi's comments echoed Egypt's unequivocal refusal of a permanent Palestinian expulsion into neighboring countries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • LaVine’s wife, Hunter LaVine, reacted to the hot-mic moment in comments on an Instagram post of the livestream.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 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
  • Tasks need a human being who notices what is happening and takes responsibility.
    — Nikola Kiridzic, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For cases such as the one described in this recent post in which cats are being fed on private property within an association community, violation notices as well as cease and desist letters are the most common initial responses.
    — Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 23 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
  • The South legally regards the North as part of its territory and has a policy of accepting and financially supporting North Korean defectors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Dimitris Giannetos, celebrity hair stylist, regards it as necessary upkeep.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Remarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remarks. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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