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polemic

[puh-lem-ik, poh-] / pəˈlɛm ɪk, poʊ- /




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These charming scenes show that championing one’s identity need not always be polemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Rather than slide into polemic or tragic melodrama, Nguyen leans into the tension between the four half-siblings to unpack the complicated roles that surveillance, big tech and journalism play in our fractured modern state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

This usefully allows the material to be less of a period piece — because, happily for Sister Helen, her polemic is somewhat dated.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The term Britpop was coined by journalist Stuart Maconie in a long polemic about the state of guitar music in the April 1993 issue of Select magazine.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2023

Bobby wanted the film to be a polemic,, not a biography—and he certainly didn’t want it to be about his bodyguard.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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