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[skep-tik] / ˈskɛp tɪk /


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But financial planner Matthew Chancey, founder of Tax Alpha Companies in Tampa, Fla., is a skeptic.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

A vaccine skeptic, Kennedy has shared mixed messaging on MMR vaccine, at times endorsing it and other times sharing unproven claims about its safety.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Whether that money will buy new jobs or subsidize existing ones is the open question, said Patrick Button, a film and TV tax incentives skeptic and professor of economics at Tulane University.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Count Mark Clifford a skeptic of the move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

At one séance, a skeptic asked to hold his dead wife’s hand, which had been severely burned in a fire.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

On the other hand, skeptics might believe that granting AI systems moral consideration disempowers humans and wastes resources.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The reports out of Catalina began about two years after the infamous crash in Roswell, N.M., where the government maintains it recovered a weather balloon, but skeptics say it was a UFO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lucky for skeptics, Nadira Goffe interviewed a whale biologist about how realistic the film is.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

He also disarms skeptics with self-deprecation: “I am a dirty, rotten sinner,” he often says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

His audience contained men of science, including many spirit skeptics.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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