as in cynics
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system
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Noun
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Smarmy cynics will call them foolish for their foolhardy ambitions.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025 -
All one needs is to read the headlines today, 45 years down the road, to see that sometimes cynics have a point.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But critics of this diet have pointed out both its similarities to other low carbohydrate diets as well as a lack of long-term clinical studies to prove its claims.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Once validated by The New York Times, few metropolitan film critics dared to opt out of the year-end chore.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Naysayers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naysayers. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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