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skepticism

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


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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

The performances bear that out, from Benton and Bing’s steady inner light to Compère’s coiled, watchful Tosha, a compelling portrait of skepticism inside this cocoon of warmth.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

As a millennial who views artificial intelligence with skepticism and dread, imagine my surprise when my septuagenarian parents became obsessed with Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The key reason for the skepticism is that success in melanoma is far from proof that the approach will work elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Non-Indian researchers long treated this claim to antiquity with skepticism.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

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

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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