skeptic
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Papal visits are a spectacle first and foremost: a fun day out even for a hardened skeptic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
One skeptic suggested that authors’ descendants be allowed to sue mediums for signing their relative’s famous names to such dreadful new writing.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Lucky for skeptics, Nadira Goffe interviewed a whale biologist about how realistic the film is.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
The smart home category is ripe for reinvention, but Siri still needs improvement to win over skeptics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Thad Kousser, a UC-San Diego political science professor, said that electing election skeptics to office doesn’t necessarily mean that they will throw a wrench into the process.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Choi described two personality types, skeptics and frozen, that the group is targeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The spirit trend didn’t dissolve overnight, but skeptics had now exposed fraud often enough that belief among the general public was fading fast.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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