Idiom
no comment
Meaning
An official refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The politician said no comment to the reporter.”
“When the journalist asked about the company's financial problems, the CEO simply replied with no comment.”
“Facing intense scrutiny from the press regarding the ongoing investigation, the official offered no comment and quickly retreated into his private office.”
Examples
simple
“The politician said no comment to the reporter.”
contextual
“When the journalist asked about the company's financial problems, the CEO simply replied with no comment.”
complex
“Facing intense scrutiny from the press regarding the ongoing investigation, the official offered no comment and quickly retreated into his private office.”
Key words
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