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[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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“I don’t see what the value of Tesla is if it’s not merged with SpaceX,” said investment adviser Ross Gerber, a former Tesla bull turned critic invested in both companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Other recent high-profile winners of the Sakharov prize have been Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, deceased Russian Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and the people of Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, in the pages of French daily Le Figaro, 2010 Fields Medallist Cedric Villani, a strong critic of AI, took inspiration from the TV detective Columbo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Slate music critic and Hit Parade host Chris Molanphy explains what is going on.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

He became the drama and art critic for a student newspaper and wrote a review of the first play he ever attended.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

But since it became operational, critics have faulted both the meager pledges from governments -- $822 million to date -- and a disbursement cycle disconnected from climate disasters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gonzales-Torres has her critics, including some of her peers on the neighborhood panel who describe her two-year tenure as chaotic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Skeptics abound when it comes to compute futures, with some critics comparing the idea to internet bandwidth futures launched in the dot-com era, which failed after a supply glut of fiber-optic networks sent prices plunging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The critics tangle with Taylor Swift: The singer’s recent singles, including “Patient Zero,” have not, to put it mildly, been critical darlings, but they are holding steady on the charts.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Whom are we to believe, the critics or the artist himself?

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson


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