questioners

plural of questioner
as in skeptics
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something Father Henry is always happy to debate any questioner of the faith

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Recent Examples of questioners Bondi arrived armed with personal attacks against individual Democratic senators and lobbed them at her questioners when pressed on a range of topics. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
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skeptics
Noun
  • In the weeks that followed, the secretary also removed every member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with a merry band of loyalists and skeptics.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But the plan has skeptics, too.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025

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