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commentary

[kom-uhn-ter-ee] / ˈkɒm ənˌtɛr i /


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But it’s bad news and sad commentary that a park in the densely populated heart of the city will remain unusable for the foreseeable future.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend said it would "not have been appropriate to provide a running commentary on the investigation at such a delicate stage until all enquiries had been completed".

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

No new forecasts or rate projections are due, leaving focus on the Fed’s commentary regarding the impact of the Middle East conflict and higher energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

And by pivoting away from cinema’s recent penchant for celebrity commentary to face the stripped-down human truth, “Mother Mary” is a reinvention fit for a superstar.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Tolstoy, of course, as an omniscient narrator, also provides a running commentary, establishing what it was that the combatants were all, willy-nilly, conspiring to bring about.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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