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critic

[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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Season 2 of “Adults” makes a critic question why he wasn’t better tuned in to season 1.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

There was enough of a resurgence in the 1970s to merit a new term, the “directorial mode,” coined by critic A.D.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

"I don't think there's much truth in the idea that the newspaper critic is dead," he said.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

An accuracy check on that Bourdain biopic: We’ve mentioned here before that Slate’s movie critic loved Tony—but how true is the film, and what liberties did it take with the facts?

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

I reached to our table for my wine-bottle, but the critic took my arm.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Sanon responded to the critics in an Instagram story, calling out the mindset that questioned women for their sartorial choices.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

To a degree that even critics could not have foreseen a year ago, the United States struts and frets on the world stage alone.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

British critics, maybe expecting flamboyance and unused to the exquisite smells of jacaranda and night-blooming jasmine, found it laid-back.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

AI evangelist Vinod Khosla and his son, Neal Khosla, are among the article’s authors; critics punch back.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Chess historians and critics believed that twenty-one-year-old Morphy would have easily beaten Staunton.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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