PANNING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

panning

verb

present participle of pan

as in criticizing

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series

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Recent Examples of panning After the Review ran the second editorial panning her, Harvey considered writing a response to the responses. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 Visitors can also extend their trip with tours of the Lebanon Silver Mine or gold-panning experiences. — Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026 Kids and adults alike can also try their luck at panning for gold, using techniques once employed by the region’s prospectors. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026 Later Strong and Holden laughed about the flub while panning over a shot of Mick Jagger. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 South Yuba State Park South Yuba River State Park is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and includes stunning scenery, swimming, bird watching, panning for gold and hiking. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 Motor sport and trade publications are panning the rule. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026 Stagg, meanwhile, had written a letter panning that office’s work and claiming that the unit led by Norwegian Sverre Petterssen made the correct call. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 29 May 2026 Audiences haven’t been deterred by the critics largely panning the film for being shallow and offensively commercial. — Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026

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Certainly there were clear taboos, beginning with questioning the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party and criticizing the country’s central leadership.

— Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
After slogans criticizing the Sacramento State administration appeared in chalk on the facade of a 64-year-old campus building earlier this week, at least one student is now facing potential disciplinary action.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticizing

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The shortage of supply elsewhere in London will get worse next year, Khan says, blaming it on UK regulations that have driven up construction costs, deterring new development.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Today, she’s stalled out and blaming her failure on happenstance.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of blaming

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The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
These features are interpreted as evidence of faulting along the caldera rim as the floor subsided.

— Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of faulting

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Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Particularly, individuals on the Right are condemning the fraternity members being picked apart in the public court of opinion.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of condemning

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French President Emanuel Macron delivered a briefing to the candidates running to succeed him so disturbing that even the far-right National Rally’s leaders emerged denouncing Russian hybrid attacks.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
El-Sayed's campaign sent a reporter a question asking if Rogers, given his comments about denouncing terrorists, planned to publicly denounce the remark.

— Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of denouncing

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For the hearing impaired, select rooms feature visual fire alarms plus signals for telephone ringing and door knocking.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Political handicapping has a way of knocking people down a couple of notches.

— Nathan Gonzales CQ-Roll Call, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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