credulous
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What’s alarming about the credulous coverage that Colossal receives from the press is that it points to a decline in responsible reporting on science.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The three‑act farce tells the story of a credulous father whose obsession with astrology leads him to force his young daughter to marry an old wigmaker.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
After a round of credulous reporting, we finally got the debunkings that far fewer people will read: This wasn’t a real delivery.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Psychologists know that people are credulous about the cognitive abilities of those who matter to them, overinterpreting simple responses as signs of cogitation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
The key value that took the place of credulous piety was politeness, which was the great preoccupation of writers in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing credulous
Believe It or Not: Cred
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Grade 11, List 3
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