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[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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Mr. Eastham is best known as an art critic, and “The Floating World” is threaded with dazzling disquisitions on individual works and concepts, the enduring relationship between art and money, the timelessness of human creation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“I never thought of myself as a critic, really. And certainly not at that time. I saw myself as a pop writer.”

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Einav Zangauker became an outspoken critic of the Netanyahu government while her son, Matan, was in captivity in Gaza.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Groomed for stardom in the 1950s as a “luminous blond leading lady,” she found “few vehicles worthy of her talents,” film critic Leonard Maltin wrote in his “Movie Encyclopedia.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Upon its release, “Spider-Noir” received much praise from fans and critics alike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Bally Bagayoko has become a hero for protesters and a lightning rod for critics who say he is sowing unrest at French schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The "phantom incinerators" scandal being the most blatant, critics say.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Bagayoko, 53, has repeatedly stepped into the front lines of the student protests that have swept French schools this month, becoming a hero of the movement and a lightning rod for its critics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nevertheless, the Burr-Hamilton duel helped turn the tide against the practice of dueling by providing a focal point for its critics and serving as a dramatic object lesson of its self-destructive character.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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