critical commentary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriticalandcommentary
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critical
adjective
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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commentary
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒm.ən.tər.i/us/ˈkɑː.mən.ter.i/
a spoken description of an event on the radio or television that is broadcast as the ...
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This article will examine these attempts and offer acriticalcommentaryon their origins and implications.
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His was, after all, a work of biography, not literary exegesis orcriticalcommentary.
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The quality of their designs implicitly represents acriticalcommentaryon the production of ordinary practice.
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All of these events allowcriticalcommentaryon contemporary political affairs in sermons and lessons.
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My task is to provide somecriticalcommentaryon the preceding essays.
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Nor was the modal behaviour of the pastoral lost oncriticalcommentaryof the time.
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This is followed by acriticalcommentaryoffered by the language scientists.
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Her work has been widely anthologized and it has drawn a considerable amount ofcriticalcommentary.
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Space constraints make extendedcriticalcommentaryimpossible here.
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Thiscriticalcommentarywas squarely within the ' country ' mould, suggesting that the story was conveniently consistent with ' patriot ' preoccupations.
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Thus, as long as therapists labored in accordance with the ideological premises of inner reference,8 the program was effectively insulated from clients'criticalcommentary.
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Findings suggest that, among other things, authorial persistence, that is, willingness to continue revising and resubmitting when faced with extensivecriticalcommentaryfrom reviewers, can result in publication.
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They will certainly be greatly welcomed by performers, who until now have had to use old and not wholly reliable editions that lacked anycriticalcommentary.
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Frequently these tags are used not only as categorization, but also ascriticalcommentary, satire, or other humor related to the video's content.
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By the end of the 80s his work became more ample and explicit in as far as itscriticalcommentarywas concerned.
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He believed that an examination of the figure-ground relationship can offer acriticalcommentaryon culture and society.
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This collection of fictions by well-known contemporary writers andcriticalcommentaryby postmodern theorists addresses issues concerning how cyberpunk functions within postmodern culture.
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Opposition to the trial was largely limited tocriticalcommentaryby politicians, lawyers, and media figures sympathetic to the dictatorship.
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His lack of conformity adversely affected his popularity; even so his work came in for scrutiny andcriticalcommentaryin many contemporary articles.
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The series offers 12,000 reference articles focusing on plot summaries,criticalcommentary, character profiles, literary settings and biographical profiles.
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