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commentary

[kom-uhn-ter-ee] / ˈkɒm ənˌtɛr i /


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According to Flores, he began surreptitiously recording his colleagues after their inappropriate commentary got so bad that one day a police lieutenant warned them that if they continued, they would “bring down the whole department.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“With positioning and seasonality less supportive, the market now faces a concentrated run of macro catalysts. Rates are the near-term risk,” wrote Warren Pies, founder of 3Fourteen Research, in commentary shared with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Chaplin was a master of blending political and social commentary with broad comedy.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

None of these moves upward have been sudden, despite the hubbub in market commentary this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The Weasley twins’ friend, Lee Jordan, was doing the commentary for the match, closely watched by Professor McGonagall.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Watch highlights of the weekend's action on Sportscene, listen to match commentaries on Sportsound, and follow live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

From reading the most recent market commentaries, one might conclude that investors are unnerved by the potential of AI to upend industries across the spectrum.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

And some advisers produce their own data-driven market commentaries that look ahead at trends, which can affect client portfolios.

From MarketWatch Jan. 26, 2026

The sequel arrives with four full commentaries, one for each film.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Some of my friends had told me earlier that they dreaded being called on for that passage; they hadn’t been able to make any sense at all out of it and the commentaries were impossible.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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