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skepticism

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


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But in an accompanying memo, the judge expressed skepticism about the visa restrictions on international students and journalists.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

In some ways, the collective skepticism was liberating: Whiteman and Baum, who died in 1998, could let their imaginations run wild.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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

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

But Gallien persisted, and the more he talked, the more Ellis’s skepticism receded.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

My dear Hawthorne, the atmospheric skepticisms steal into me now, and make me doubtful of my sanity in writing you thus.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

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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