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critic

[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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Slate book critic Laura Miller found it charming.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Our critic wrote that the film “has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

"These figures used to be more on the aspirational side," Monica Castillo, the film critic for the pop culture website The A.V.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

In his review, Times theater critic Charles McNulty described the show as “the best rendering of the play I’ve encountered.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

As a child I’d read those letters as an act of worship; now I read them with different eyes, not the eyes of a critic, but also not the eyes of a disciple.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Wane had his critics, many of them justified, but he organised a defensively solid England team who whitewashed Tonga on their tour of Britain in 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Often, say critics, the response has fallen short.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Two of Musk’s most incisive critics, his ex-wife Justine Musk and former right-wing influencer Ashley St. Clair, describe him as a gaslighter and a nuke, respectively.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

And while Los Angeles arts organizations and neighboring cities are already commissioning work and developing neighborhood celebrations, critics say a more formal and cohesive plan has failed to materialize.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

It’s no great surprise, therefore, that wherever Satan has appeared, audiences and critics have found it all too easy to take his side.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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