skepticism
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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
Amid skepticism that the venture would last, Oscar faced losses for years but eventually rebounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Impax Asset Management’s fixed income CIO Ross Pamphilon said he doesn’t expect policy signals from Warsh, who has been consistent in his skepticism of forward guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Brighthouse’s share price has dropped about 20% since late July, when the Walter investigation was reported, reflecting investor skepticism that the deal will go through, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
This, of course, is the constructed or posed version that ought to provoke our immediate skepticism.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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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What have they done to demonstrate genius yet?—These skepticisms are somewhat prevalent nowadays, and are a natural enough reaction from Fourth-of-July flatulencies.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various
The new statement will comprise the skepticisms as well as the faiths of society, and out of unbeliefs a creed shall be formed.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vocabulary lists containing skepticism
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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