commentator
noun
com·men·ta·tor
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Definition of commentator
: one who provides commentary: such as
a
: one who reports and discusses news (as on television)
b
: a sportscaster who provides commentary during live events
a color commentator
Examples of commentator in a Sentence
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Some legal commentators condemned Truth Aquatics for filing its petition with the court last week while the disaster so fresh. — Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, "High-stakes legal battle looms in California boat fire that killed 34," 9 Sep. 2019 Meanwhile, some commentators are arguing that Johnson may have played his hand too soon. — David Meyer, Fortune, "Boris Johnson’s Latest Ploy Prompts Political Chaos That’s Extreme Even By Brexit Standards," 29 Aug. 2019 Some commentators argue that China’s $1.2 trillion in bond holdings might prevent America from pursuing this decoupling, but the large headline number is misleading. — Benjamin Studebaker, The New Republic, "The Real Stakes of Trump’s Trade War With China," 27 Aug. 2019 Trump's racial rhetoric has even inspired a conversion experience among some conservative white commentators like Joe Scarborough and Max Boot. — John Blake, CNN, "Trump is doing what Obama couldn't," 23 Aug. 2019 Many commentators have characterized the law as an austere but reasonable sanction: At the time of the policy’s adoption, China’s government forecast widespread famine as the country’s population neared 1 billion people. — Brandon Yu, The Atlantic, "One Child Nation Paints a Harrowing Picture of an Infamous Policy," 13 Aug. 2019 But there is an unsettling asymmetry in the way some commentators are attributing culpability. — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, "What We Can, and Can’t, Glean from the Dayton Shooter’s Online Behavior," 5 Aug. 2019 Many commentators wildly exaggerate how fast driverless cars will put taxis out of business, or that doctors will be replaced by AI diagnostics. — Geoff Mulgan, Quartz at Work, "We need to retrain workers—not rescrew them," 23 July 2019 Many commentators also observed that Darroch's reportage was not that different from what could be read in almost any U.S. newspaper. — William Booth, Anchorage Daily News, "Britain to apologize for leaked cables calling Trump ‘inept’," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'commentator.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for commentator
commentator
noun
English Language Learners Definition of commentator
: a person who discusses important people and events on television, in newspapers, etc.
: a person who provides a description on a radio or television program of an event (such as a sports contest) as it is happening
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commentator
noun
com·men·ta·tor
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Kids Definition of commentator
: a person who describes or analyzes a news, sports, or entertainment event (as over radio or on television)
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