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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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Recent Examples of critic
Despite Acutis’ popular following, his canonization is not without its critics.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Moura recalls meeting him at Cannes in 2005, when Mendonça Filho was still a critic.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
However, critics argue this oversimplifies biological complexity.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Raising systemic issues and then resolving them with humor falls flat for this critic.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Moura recalls meeting him at Cannes in 2005, when Mendonça Filho was still a critic.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
However, critics argue this oversimplifies biological complexity.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Raising systemic issues and then resolving them with humor falls flat for this critic.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for critic
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In turn, the criticizer is made out to be overreacting.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Even fewer take the process to the very end, appealing to a third-party, or external, reviewer like Goldenberg.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Embed human reviewers at key decision junctures and ensure full audit trails are maintained.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Critic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critic. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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