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[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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Another Telegraph critic wrote, external that it was "ultimately, in both skill and humour, a cut above" the other shortlisted books.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The other judges were Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, and journalist, editor and critic Rebecca Liu.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

That’s because in the early 2000s, the film critic Mark Kermode, who was making a documentary about “The Devils,” reached out to then-Warner Bros. employee Tim Everett, who helped him locate the footage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Reviewing the off-Broadway production, our critic called it a “dark and bruisingly powerful play.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

But he was a natural contrarian, a born critic, whose fullest energies manifested themselves in the act of doing intellectual isometric exercises against the fixed objects presented by someone else's ideas.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“All those critics who want to stand on the sidelines and tell me that I’m a dummy, what I say to them is, then get in the arena,” Woodward said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Early reviews are mixed as to whether critics agree, however.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

In more recent years, deputy subgroups typically have been less outwardly visible, but critics and watchdogs say they remain a serious issue within the Sheriff’s Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

But critics say the college was too lenient, and protests in several US cities last month demanded accountability.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Historians who project large Indian populations, Low Counter critics say, are committing the intellectual sin of arguing from silence.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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