skeptical
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Netflix is the largest streamer in the world, but some shareholders have been skeptical about the company’s future.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
She is gently skeptical of the idea that people are shaped in predictable ways by the order in which they come into the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
In March, the nation’s high court heard arguments about a five-day grace period in Mississippi, with the court’s conservative majority appearing skeptical.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
While astronomers and space scientists were initially skeptical about the planet nine theory, there has been mounting evidence thanks to increasingly powerful observations that the orbits of trans-Neptunian objects are indeed erratic.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
He seemed skeptical that I’d end up any good, and he told me so.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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