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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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The initial mini-series proved to be a surprise hit with readers and critics, and Oswalt and Blum used the success to create a universe.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
That’s helping fund deforestation and large-scale dairy farms, the critics said.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
The president-elect is condemned by critics as a dangerous isolationist who emboldens strongmen and hailed by supporters as a forthright defender of American interests, and most observers at least agree that a second Trump era will be unpredictable.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Critic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critic. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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