as in doubts
to have no trust or confidence in
we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car
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The airline was forced to raise going-concern doubts earlier this month.—
Reuters 19 min ago,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025 -
No one doubts that our future will feature more automation than our past or present.—
David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Distrusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrusts. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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