cast doubt upon
Example Sentences
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The financial crisis cast doubt upon banks, boosting what he called the “libertarian” appeal of decentralized, peer-to-peer record-keeping.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022
Former IRS criminal investigator Martin Sheil cast doubt upon the idea that any lender could overlook the Stone's hefty legal problems, let alone miss them entirely while researching a potential deal.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021
Public health experts have cast doubt upon China’s reported numbers, and the heightened activity of funeral homes in the Wuhan region indicates the coronavirus death toll there may be closer to 42,000.
From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2020
Evidence - often one person's word against another's - can be hazy and conflicting, easy to cast doubt upon.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2016
Now, Hume, when he cast doubt upon the existence of external things, did not, as I have said above, divest himself of the suggestions of the word "impression."
From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart
