- present participle of criticize.
criticizing
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“I’m not criticizing American schools, but I think for kids at 7 and 5 to be able to have that comparison and to have two completely different cultural experiences is so important today,” he explained.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
In the campaigns that have followed, Europeans have mostly been de-emphasizing, rather than actively criticizing, Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday, criticizing the company for taking two months to report the incident.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
And if she had gotten all the lifts and tucks we expect of a TV star, we’d be criticizing her for that too.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Here I stand criticizing Sissy—Sissy who’s been so darn good to me.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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