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as in criticizer
a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults
the president's hard-core critics are going to attack him no matter what he does
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as in reviewer
a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor
the restaurant critic said that the fries at that fast-food outlet were the worst she'd ever eaten
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Still, critics wondered if the state should focus on space tourism, especially given the potential costs, possibly on the order of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
Gaming is also widely looked down upon (critic Roger Ebert famously declared video games can never be art) as cheap, hyperviolent, and mindless entertainment today.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Simitis’ critics on the right and left did their best to denigrate his legacy, highlighting a dubious debt swap concluded after the country had joined the Eurozone as an attempt to massage the debt numbers.
—Demetris Nellas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Several guests approached Caspar—Simon and Richard, two of Galina’s former colleagues in the English department, and Elaine, a literary critic.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
Gaming is also widely looked down upon (critic Roger Ebert famously declared video games can never be art) as cheap, hyperviolent, and mindless entertainment today.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Simitis’ critics on the right and left did their best to denigrate his legacy, highlighting a dubious debt swap concluded after the country had joined the Eurozone as an attempt to massage the debt numbers.
—Demetris Nellas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Several guests approached Caspar—Simon and Richard, two of Galina’s former colleagues in the English department, and Elaine, a literary critic.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Critic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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