skepticism
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Next, Sam Sankar of the environmental-law organization Earthjustice explains why SCOTUS’ longstanding skepticism towards the environment does not make him as pessimistic as one might expect.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
“It was fun watching the skepticism of those who didn’t believe in the 100% commission idea,” Gail Liniger told the Colorado Springs Gazette in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The problem, as I see it, stems from both the urgency of the crisis we’re in and the misplacement of the skepticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Combine that skepticism with social media’s emphasis on personalization, and one witnessed the fall of frivolity in real time.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
These officials had never believed him before, but their former skepticism had crumbled under the weight of new developments.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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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
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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
With me they have left a blessing,—a belief which existing abuses cannot shake nor worldly skepticisms destroy: an abiding faith in human virtue and in social progress.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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