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criticize

[krit-uh-sahyz] / ˈkrɪt əˌsaɪz /




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The influencer said she considered herself very conservative and voted for Trump, but in recent months she has started to criticize some of the administration’s decisions.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

“It’s fine to criticize the work, but don’t cross the line into personal attacks.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Ms. Watson does criticize the AI models now available for offering digestible but sometimes off-the-mark answers to our various small-beer queries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Cubans who once feared government reprisals now criticize the country's leaders and have taken to banging pots and pans in regular nighttime protests.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

It looks out over the lagoons and the Wooded Island, now a wild and tangled place that perhaps would make Olmsted smile—though no doubt he would find features to criticize.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

He criticizes DHS’s “conclusory or dismissive” responses to the 22,000 public comments it received about the proposal.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

What’s absolutely fascinating, and totally on-brand, is how Marsh contradicts, criticizes and updates himself between the various books.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

He then criticizes the $50 billion price tag on the federal scholarship tax credit for education.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Ramos, 55, who denies all the allegations, said that it is an escalation of a years-long attempt to silence his work that often criticizes Mexican forces who work closely with US allies on the border.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

Then my daughter criticizes me as if I were not there.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The report was heavily criticized for failing to assign blame or identify specific evacuation failures, but officials have said that wasn’t the goal of the McChrystal Group review.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Despite last year’s ceremony boasting a four-year viewership high, the general audience doesn’t seem to care who’s announced as the host — unless it’s someone they’ve openly criticized.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

It wasn’t the first time Modi had criticized the war, but the remark was notably direct and forceful.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Late yesterday, the company’s CEO Adam Aron criticized on the social-media platform X Robinhood’s stock tokens, or tokenized contracts that follow the price of stocks like AMC.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Others criticized her lack of insect classification and the seemingly haphazard organization of her books.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

The WSJ’s Jon Emont reports that the Group of 20 issued a statement this week implicitly criticizing Beijing for its overreliance on exports for growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Owens was criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement and highlighting the efforts of her organization, the Blexit Foundation.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Now Stanley Druckenmiller is criticizing the Treasury secretary.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass and even some of his own prosecutors criticizing the filing as “insane” and a deterrent for police looking to expose corruption and misconduct within their ranks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

For some reason this seemed to annoy Hermione as well; she didn’t say anything, but she kept looking darkly at the broom as though it too had been criticizing her cat.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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