Example Sentences

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Variable annuities are often criticized for their complexity and high fees, and most retirement planners are skeptical.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Employees also circulated an open letter that criticized Musk’s overall behavior, including a reference to the incident reported by Business Insider.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

I can’t think of a NYC athlete turnaround like it—except maybe for KAT’s teammate, Mikal Bridges, who was even more criticized than Towns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Preservationists have criticized the plan as disrupting a sacred sightline between the memorials to Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, designed as a statement of unity after the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Popper has criticized Freudianism for claims and predictions which, though perhaps comforting or suggestive in one way or another, are, like the above statements, largely unfalsifiable.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos