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a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
the demand by skeptics that believers in Bigfoot produce some hard evidence of that hairy humanoid
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Recent Examples of skeptics
With business thriving, skeptics could be only so upset.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
This means that some liberals are no longer climate purists and some conservatives are no longer climate skeptics.
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Like her price-gouging proposal, this one has its skeptics.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
This means that some liberals are no longer climate purists and some conservatives are no longer climate skeptics.
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Like her price-gouging proposal, this one has its skeptics.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Skeptics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptics. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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