cynical
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Prime Minister Lecornu said his comments were "dangerous and cynical".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Perhaps, if you want to be really cynical about it, you could boil down all of human nature and biology and the emergence of consciousness into “a lot of math” as well.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
And it’s important because I think it’s very easy to be cynical.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
The cynical and secular Jobs didn’t seem to entirely get that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Maybe that warmth is genuine, maybe I should be ashamed of my dour, cynical thoughts.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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