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skepticism

[skep-tuh-siz-uhm] / ˈskɛp təˌsɪz əm /


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But there was also some skepticism about the president's announcement, and Trump said Sunday night that he had been joking.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

By this he meant that companies like CVS are facing increasing government skepticism about the wisdom of combining drug retailing, pharmacy management and health insurance under one roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

A free lunch is also no reason to suspend your skepticism about high-risk investment products and, in particular, cryptocurrencies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

In the third quarter, the company’s shares shed 33% amid lofty investor expectations for profitability and growing skepticism about the sustainability of AI infrastructure spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

As Oppenheimer’s position on the Super evolved from skepticism to outright opposition, Strauss’s opinion of Oppie darkened steadily, like a cloud heralding a thunderstorm.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Most childhood memoirs depict the author as an adult in child’s clothing, possessing preternaturally sophisticated observations and skepticisms.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

“The reasons for skepticisms are very valid,” Nath says.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 30, 2015

Alas, he is better at explaining doubts and skepticisms and moral relativism than at charting a path out of such dilemmas.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he would recall excerpts from the book—gentle skepticisms, childish animalisms.

From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht

Notwithstanding his skepticisms, however, he ordered out the car and he and Walter sped away on their errand.

From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher


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