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an essay evaluating or analyzing something
in a critique of the retrospective, the reviewer faulted it for not including more of the painter's mature works
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Friction point: Lutnick pushed back on the critique of digital assets.
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Brady Dale, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Gaines followed up with another critique of the Sun player and even brought LeBron James into the conversation.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Judge Arlene Johnson of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals had previously made a similar critique.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
While human creativity often achieves this through intentionality—commentary, critique or parody—AI outputs rarely meet this standard.
—Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Brady Dale, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Gaines followed up with another critique of the Sun player and even brought LeBron James into the conversation.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Judge Arlene Johnson of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals had previously made a similar critique.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
While human creativity often achieves this through intentionality—commentary, critique or parody—AI outputs rarely meet this standard.
—Sri Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Critique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critique. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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