commentates

present tense third-person singular of commentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentates
Verb
  • Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The role required fluency in at least three languages—and Blunt, by her own admission, just about speaks Spanish.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Ukraine Correspondent Joanna Kakissis about the overnight attack in Kyiv, which comes on the heels of Ukraine's drone assaults in Moscow.
    NPR, NPR, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Maybe that explains her chaotic behavior when the crew goes out later that night.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • Deputy Ethan Weinzieri explains just some of the work the dogs do.
    Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 2026
  • Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Jones also further expounds on the vampire’s wretched lineage and mythology through flashbacks.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • In the latter category is the childhood home of Mary (Renate Reinsve), a psychiatrist who confidently expounds her therapeutic philosophy in her sessions with clients and on late-night TV commercials promoting her self-help audio cassette tapes.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Operators assign a destination, and the onboard software plans routes, interprets terrain, and controls the vehicle without continuous human input.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • An IoT pilot can prove a signal exists, but scale requires an operating compact that names who interprets it, who acts, who funds upkeep and who owns exceptions.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
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“Commentates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentates. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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