commentating

present participle of commentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentating
Verb
  • The authors recommended that the US government and its commercial and international partners establish benchmarks for interpreting hostile behavior in space.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
  • Those two truths are core to our mission of researching, collecting, preserving, and interpreting Black art, history, and culture.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Mamdani appeared to double down Tuesday, while speaking to reporters about the forthcoming heat wave.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • So, Galetto was delighted to learn that the first American pope would be speaking live and receiving an award less than two miles from his church, on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday.
    Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Over the past several months, startups have stepped in to supply that demand by collecting and annotating videos from thousands of contract workers around the world.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The software covers standard PDF tasks like editing text, inserting images, annotating documents, and merging or splitting files.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • As the order to evacuate was played over loudspeakers on the National Mall, some people appeared to be standing in place, talking with those around them and not exiting the area, while others were walking toward exits.
    Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • His straight-talking and cliche-less approach hasn’t stopped, either.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Infographic explaining Euclid's survey ESA The original image was captured in black and white, but color was added using observations from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope located in Hawaii.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • The original is a minor Harding work, Bacon said, explaining why judges might not have recognized Allan’s submission as a re-creation.
    News Desk, Artforum, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Johnson released a statement through his press office saying the ILA workers who met with the mayor are members of the team that bargained their new contract, ratified this spring.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • In her new memoir Famesick, Dunham wrote a message to Swift, saying much of the book's creative process was soundtracked by her music.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The easy-to-use glossing treatment, which should be applied to damp hair and followed by a blow dryer to activate the frizz-fighting alpha acids, is a semi-permanent smoothing spray that basically creates a water-resistant shield to prevent flyaways—even in the most humid of places.
    Eva Thomas, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Critchley, glossing Julian of Norwich, draws a distinction between seeing and seeing through creation, but this is a false dichotomy.
    Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • In the aftermath, everyone from their fellow Summer House castmates to other Bravo stars to celebrities outside the reality TV sphere weighed in on the drama, picking sides and commenting on the new relationship.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
  • Suddenly people are in your business and commenting on you.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
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“Commentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentating. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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