cynic

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Meanwhile, a cynic is tempted to ask: What would you expect?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

A cynic might argue that celebrities don’t want film and moviegoing as we know them to die because they don’t want to lose their source of income, and maybe that’s true for some.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

The cabbie, a hard-bitten postcommunist cynic, asks her if she’s visiting the archives “for work or fun.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Which is, a cynic might assume, exactly what Smith wished to do here.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

As she ran, she thought, For a cynic, l am a surprisingly helpful person.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo