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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Recent Examples of skeptic
Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Clinical trials showed that ivermectin didn’t work, but COVID skeptics viewed medicine’s rejection of it as part of a conspiracy by Big Pharma against a cheap, off-patent drug.
—Arthur Allen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Find out why one casserole skeptic makes this at least once a month—fall or otherwise.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
Garlic lovers are excited, and skeptics are already reaching for their mints.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Clinical trials showed that ivermectin didn’t work, but COVID skeptics viewed medicine’s rejection of it as part of a conspiracy by Big Pharma against a cheap, off-patent drug.
—Arthur Allen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Find out why one casserole skeptic makes this at least once a month—fall or otherwise.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
Garlic lovers are excited, and skeptics are already reaching for their mints.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeptic
questioner
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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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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 12 Nov. 2025.
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