as in critic
a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor
many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending
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Another reviewer even bought it for her son, but ended up keeping it for herself.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
The researchers received the feedback in a meeting with FDA reviewers to discuss a potential study of custom treatments using prime editors, a more complex and cumbersome gene editing technology that can treat a much wider range of genetic misspellings.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Apr. 2026
Critics of Dhurandhar, especially reviewers, were savagely attacked on social media by fans.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Major academic databases were searched for relevant studies published up to April 2025, and two independent reviewers assessed study quality and reanalyzed the data to ensure consistency.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
The researchers received the feedback in a meeting with FDA reviewers to discuss a potential study of custom treatments using prime editors, a more complex and cumbersome gene editing technology that can treat a much wider range of genetic misspellings.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Apr. 2026
Critics of Dhurandhar, especially reviewers, were savagely attacked on social media by fans.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Major academic databases were searched for relevant studies published up to April 2025, and two independent reviewers assessed study quality and reanalyzed the data to ensure consistency.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reviewer
critic
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The critic Nathan Scott McNamara, writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, has aptly compared NDiaye’s writing to that of Shirley Jackson, and NDiaye herself cites Joyce Carol Oates as a strong influence.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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And yet, when HB 1098 was introduced in 2023, critics dismissed it as a solution in search of a problem.—
Lisa Frizell,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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