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skeptic

[skep-tik] / ˈskɛp tɪk /


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If Beijing offers a trillion-dollar commitment, those skeptics worry, the U.S. might be tempted to trade its regulatory guardrails for the optics of a historic win.

From The Wall Street Journal

Evy is the show’s skeptic, able to use logic to refute every Creepypasta-lite story or folktale they come across on the show.

From Salon

Paramount will have a lot of debt following the deal—nearly $80 billion—and it plans to deleverage rapidly, a goal that has its Wall Street skeptics.

From Barron's

Mr. Hale declares himself “a skeptic—in this, and in most things.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Evy is the skeptic who dismisses the noises as either an online hoax or bad plumbing.

From Los Angeles Times