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polemical

[puh-lem-ik-uhl, poh-lem-ik-uhl] / pəˈlɛm ɪk əl, poʊˈlɛm ɪk əl /


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In any case Ms. Majok, herself Polish-born and a Pulitzer Prize winner for “Cost of Living,” is not a polemical writer, even if the play occasionally touches on the specifics of immigration policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“Demascus” isn’t parochial or polemical; the emotional beats are accessible to any moderately sensitive human.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

It wasn’t his now-ubiquitous polemical flourish, or even what that implied about his approach to governing.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

At the same time, groups that feel like they’re under attack will look for their own messengers to deliver polemical responses which reject every criticism and assign blame somewhere else; this is what “stanning” is.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024

As used by Lucretius, they add to our sense of the vividness of the book, of the constant personal address of the author, and of his ardent polemical tone.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.




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