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noun

as in skeptic
a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.

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Recent Examples of agnostic
Adjective
Codesphere is reshaping cloud development by offering a cloud-agnostic, scalable, and sovereignty-first platform that empowers enterprises and public institutions to build and operate modern digital services free from vendor lock-in. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 The firm revolutionizing military flight training reveals that the system is built on a low-latency, network-agnostic architecture. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
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Then-Vice President Kamala Harris, conversely, had significant majority support from Black protestants (85 percent), Jewish voters (65 percent), Hispanic Catholics (65 percent), agnostics (78 percent) and atheists (85 percent). Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025 The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, includes 32 plaintiffs from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds—including Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, atheists, agnostics, and Indigenous community members. Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agnostic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostic
Adjective
  • Herzl and many other Zionist luminaries came from secular backgrounds, but the movement also included more observant Jews.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The strong gains look set to continue for TSLA from a technical perspective, noting the stock is far from overbought territory per the monthly stochastics, and the upper boundary of a secular uptrend channel puts resistance above $500.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • From pies and cookies to cakes and croissants, Publix is giving pumpkin fans (and even pumpkin skeptics) plenty to swoon over this season.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Harold belongs to a recognizable genre of social skeptic who has popped up in the past few years.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gurrola’s parents were skeptical at first, but the store’s Dubai chocolate strawberry cups have sold well.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The move, however, would need a constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of voters—and some experts are skeptical of how the state's local governments would manage without property taxes.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Agnostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostic. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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