Commentary
Commentary noun - A series of explanations or observations on something (as an event).
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Essay and commentary are semantically related In some cases you can use "Essay" instead a noun "Commentary".
Essay
Essay noun - A short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view.
Usage example: school essays on what it means to be a patriot
Commentary and essay are semantically related in leader topic. Sometimes you can use "Commentary" instead a noun "Essay".
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| good | good commentary | good essay |
| best | best commentary | best essay |
| detailed | detailed commentary | detailed essay |
| particular | particular commentary | particular essay |
| Other adjectives: brief, critical, disturbing, actual, entire, dry, serious, satirical, humorous, entertaining, interesting, moral, funny, hilarious, accompanying, historical, english. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In 1987 San Francisco Chronicle columnist Bill Blakemore penned a rather intriguing essay arguing that the film is a hidden commentary on the genocide of the American Indian.
Source: Film / The Shining -
Poe's Law: Daria's scathing commentary on a company's employment policies as an application essay for a scholarship offered by that same company is mistaken for a "light-hearted parody" by the grader.
Source: Western Animation / Daria -
Garfield Minus Garfield, which started as a riff of a Memetic Mutation of Garfield (inspired in a thread on the Truth and Beauty Bombs forum about the Garfield Randomizer), and eventually got its own published book by the syndicate, with a commentary essay by Jim Davis.
Source: Humble Beginnings
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