as in skeptic
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
the usual disbelievers refused to accept the president's claim that he was acting only in the public interest
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Noun
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Musk has proved skeptics wrong plenty of times before, successfully making electric vehicles mainstream and revolutionizing space launches with reusable rockets.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026 -
But will the new ingredient win the trust of Make America Healthy Again skeptics and Gen Zers intentionally tanning?—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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The bullet passed near his team members and the questioner standing directly in front of him.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Kirk in a video could be seen asking his questioner whether the number of mass shootings included gang violence just before he was struck.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Disbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbeliever. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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