critical
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According to Wilson, the critical issue for markets in coming days will be how quickly positioning normalizes.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
"It's a very loud audience, enthusiastic audience, critical audience, knowledgeable audience," Bradley said.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
In recent weeks, Bass has offered her own critical assessment of Raman, saying the democratic socialist struggled to work closely with others — even her own allies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
More recently, China has shown that it, too, wields potent leverage over other countries—including the U.S.—through its stranglehold on critical minerals essential for manufacturing everything from semiconductors to jet engines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The tamping iron has not killed him because the damage is limited to specific organs that are not critical to life.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing critical
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