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skeptic

[skep-tik] / ˈskɛp tɪk /


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Ryan Williams: I did not fully believe the hypothesis, and I'm on the record as a prominent skeptic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 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

Until a few years ago, Levanon was a longtime skeptic of the idea that transformative technologies would sharply boost productivity and speed up the long-term growth of the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Charles felt that if he could explain the evolution of the eye, he could convince even the harshest skeptic that he was right.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

On the other hand, skeptics might believe that granting AI systems moral consideration disempowers humans and wastes resources.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The reports out of Catalina began about two years after the infamous crash in Roswell, N.M., where the government maintains it recovered a weather balloon, but skeptics say it was a UFO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But clubs won over skeptics by balancing modern additions with classic traditions, protecting core products and embracing multi-generational appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lucky for skeptics, Nadira Goffe interviewed a whale biologist about how realistic the film is.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Two thousand souls, believers and skeptics in roughly equal numbers, anxiously waited to hear from Maggie Fox.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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