as in questioner
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
the demand by skeptics that believers in Bigfoot produce some hard evidence of that hairy humanoid
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At the same point, skeptics are concerned this could lead to dramatic reduction in workforce and eventually take its toll on the services offered.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Florida’s move has been cheered by vaccine skeptics around the country who have long claimed vaccines cause health problems.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Ladapo, the DeSantis administration’s most frequent vocal skeptic of vaccines, wears numerous hats in Florida.
—Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Abrahms, like Hazony, suggested that this summer’s US airstrikes in Iran proved the skeptics wrong.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Florida’s move has been cheered by vaccine skeptics around the country who have long claimed vaccines cause health problems.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Ladapo, the DeSantis administration’s most frequent vocal skeptic of vaccines, wears numerous hats in Florida.
—Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Abrahms, like Hazony, suggested that this summer’s US airstrikes in Iran proved the skeptics wrong.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Skeptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptic. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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