as in questioner
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
the demand by skeptics that believers in Bigfoot produce some hard evidence of that hairy humanoid
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In community meetings, some skeptics have said the area already hosts an overconcentration of charitable efforts such as the new emergency overnight shelter at Central Baptist Church and housing for the recently homeless provided by Beacon Interfaith on Snelling Avenue.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Just as the most vocal skeptics of the SCORE Act within college sports decided to pledge their support for the bill, another is being introduced by one of the most ardent critics of the potential legislation that has been making its way through the House of Representatives.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Two games into the (temporary) Jake Browning era, and the Bengals are proving those skeptics right.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, some police skeptics saw the commission’s vote as the better of two outcomes — the other being the City Council, which would have been able to examine the pursuit policy had the volunteer body voted against a change.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Just as the most vocal skeptics of the SCORE Act within college sports decided to pledge their support for the bill, another is being introduced by one of the most ardent critics of the potential legislation that has been making its way through the House of Representatives.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Two games into the (temporary) Jake Browning era, and the Bengals are proving those skeptics right.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, some police skeptics saw the commission’s vote as the better of two outcomes — the other being the City Council, which would have been able to examine the pursuit policy had the volunteer body voted against a change.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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questioner
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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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“Skeptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptic. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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