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as in to explain
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Recent Examples of commentate
Broadcasters Patrick Johnson and Mike Mullis could be heard commentating during the moment.
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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Fox had announced that Brady would take over the color commentating role beginning one year after his retirement; this was before Olsen was promoted to the top role.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
However, a chance encounter with a sports broadcast producer set her on a decades-long career in commentating.
—Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Unveiling his busy 2025 schedule, Diffey shared that his season will kick off with commentating on Supercross, followed by the Rolex 24 at Daytona in Florida.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Fox had announced that Brady would take over the color commentating role beginning one year after his retirement; this was before Olsen was promoted to the top role.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
However, a chance encounter with a sports broadcast producer set her on a decades-long career in commentating.
—Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Unveiling his busy 2025 schedule, Diffey shared that his season will kick off with commentating on Supercross, followed by the Rolex 24 at Daytona in Florida.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentate
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But in the late 19th century, Finkelstein explained, women who'd worked as nurses during the Civil War, even though not part of the Union or Confederate armies, lobbied for and won the right to be buried at Arlington.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Emma explains that the moment is extra special for her as an adult.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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The billionaire South African businessman, Johann Rupert, spoke forcefully too.—
Jonny Steinberg,
Time,
22 May 2025
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The presenters spoke their mother tongue (Farsi and Hindi), which was detected and translated in real-time to English.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2025
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Collins explains why they haven’t been given their due and their contributions have been interpreted as opposition to the current state of the workplace.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Meanwhile, social media commenters are interpreting the shift as a sign of the times.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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With basketball continuing to expand globally—and with young players—Lee says that upcoming athletes gaining more notoriety could be the future of sports branding.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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As police approached the truck and ordered the suspect to step out, police said that the suspect refused and allegedly struck an officer with the vehicle, police said.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Need to annotate, merge, or convert your document type?—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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MuleSoft says that because LLMs need access to the API specifications, they must be annotated with metadata that the LLMs can reason with.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Reopen Scripps Coastal Reserve first, talk later This letter was sent to California Coastal Commission enforcement staff counsel Andrew Willis, with a copy to the La Jolla Light.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Patti LuPone stood in a midtown recording studio one spring afternoon, talking to Carrie Bradshaw.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The young men expound upon the value of faith and their desire to meet a partner.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Trumka expounded on the firings in an interview Friday with CBS News.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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In 2024, a highly intoxicated passenger on an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Seattle reportedly bit a flight attendant in the arm an hour after takeoff, the Japanese airline told The Japan Times.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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More than 300 miscarriages had been attributed to a lack of nutrients, the ministry told CNN on Sunday.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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