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skeptic

[skep-tik] / ˈskɛp tɪk /


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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

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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