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polemical

[puh-lem-ik-uhl, poh-lem-ik-uhl] / pəˈlɛm ɪk əl, poʊˈlɛm ɪk əl /


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In any case Ms. Majok, herself Polish-born and a Pulitzer Prize winner for “Cost of Living,” is not a polemical writer, even if the play occasionally touches on the specifics of immigration policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

It wasn’t his now-ubiquitous polemical flourish, or even what that implied about his approach to governing.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

At the same time, groups that feel like they’re under attack will look for their own messengers to deliver polemical responses which reject every criticism and assign blame somewhere else; this is what “stanning” is.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024

“We’re trying to have a festival without this polemical aspect,” Frémaux said.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

They exhibit in a remarkable degree the qualities, so rare in polemical literature, of kindness, moderation, and charity for all men.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.




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