agnostics

plural of agnostic
as in skeptics
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 agnostics When the Yanks are chasing history, even Denver’s soccer agnostics are looking for a shotgun seat on the bandwagon. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026 The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics. Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026 The exemplar of how controversy can turn sports agnostics into a captive audience is the ladies’ singles figure skating finals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026 As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
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skeptics
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  • Saturated without feeling loud, the playful hue transforms the Moss table and chairs into a statement set that brightens the whole room (though a natural Birch finish is also available for color skeptics).
    Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2026
  • Within months of his confirmation as secretary, Kennedy had dismissed every member of the CDC's vaccine advisory board and replaced them with new appointees, some of them prominent vaccine skeptics.
    Karen Brown, NPR, 30 July 2026

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“Agnostics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostics. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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