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critic

[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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Our critic said that most of the show “is devoted to works made between 1951 and 1966, offering a compendium of wide-ranging approaches and occasional surprises.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Another is Liu Xiaobo, a literary critic and human rights activist, who authored a manifesto calling for democratic reform in China and was arrested in 2008.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Warsh has been a vocal critic of the size of the central bank’s balance sheet, which has ballooned to over $6 trillion, up from under $1 trillion before the 2008 financial crisis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

The New York Times cut ties with a freelance book critic who admitted that an A.I. editing tool had regurgitated passages from a Guardian article into his draft.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

He was lavish with praise when deserved, but was a severe critic of sloppiness and laziness.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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