commentariat
noun
com·men·tar·i·at
ˌkä-mən-ˈter-ē-at 
-ē-ˌat
: a group of powerful and influential commentators : punditocracy
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There is outrage in the commentariat, yet Trump and his lawyers are spinning this development as a great victory.
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Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Nov. 2024
Over the summer and fall of 2022, after Russia drew back from its early assaults on Kyiv and Kharkiv, a pro-war but regime-skeptical commentariat began casting doubts on the efficacy of Russia’s war effort and the competence of its military leadership.
—Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2024
Maybe Notre Dame can pull this recruitment out of the fire, even if the recruiting commentariat basically wrote off the Irish earlier this week.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
As China’s economic growth once again took off, its success seemed so staggering that the commentariat increasingly treated China’s bifurcation of political and economic liberalization as inevitable and natural.
—Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022
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Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Nov. 2024
Over the summer and fall of 2022, after Russia drew back from its early assaults on Kyiv and Kharkiv, a pro-war but regime-skeptical commentariat began casting doubts on the efficacy of Russia’s war effort and the competence of its military leadership.
—Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2024
Maybe Notre Dame can pull this recruitment out of the fire, even if the recruiting commentariat basically wrote off the Irish earlier this week.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
As China’s economic growth once again took off, its success seemed so staggering that the commentariat increasingly treated China’s bifurcation of political and economic liberalization as inevitable and natural.
—Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022
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“Commentariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commentariat. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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