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[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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Months after that, the Phoenix’s media critic Dan Kennedy contended that it is our obligation to watch such difficult accounts in an essay for Harvard’s Nieman Foundation.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Food critic Giles Coren previously came out in support of the restaurant, claiming Michelin-starred restaurants should not have to abide by normal health and safety rules and the guidelines should "probably be modernised".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Manzo was an outspoken critic of cartel involvement in extortion and other rackets.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Reviewing the musical before it transferred to Broadway, our critic praised it as “an exuberant parade of song, dance, preening and posing that revitalizes Mr. Lloyd Webber’s enduring score with wit, invention and roof-rattling energy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

I met the friend, a Madrid bull-fight critic, a little man with a drawn face.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

What neither trial’s critics nor defenders noticed at the time: Pauling and Cameron had started with vitamin C into a vein; the Mayo Clinic trials used tablets only.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Both Cambridge and Oxford have faced sustained scrutiny over their whiteness as institutions, with vocal critics over the last 15 years including the MP David Lammy.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The old system used by Homeland Security was scrapped after critics questioned why the VA was processing paperwork for a different federal department.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Bamboo and recycled paper give sustainability-minded shoppers some alternatives to wood-pulp paper towels and toilet paper, but critics find them rougher than they like or not plush enough.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Other art critics write, including Georges Charles Lecomte: “We have lost a very courageous artist.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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