as in questioners
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 skeptics
Among the seven people Kennedy appointed as replacements are several like-minded vaccine skeptics and two persons with limited if any vaccine expertise.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Abrahms, like Hazony, suggested that this summer’s US airstrikes in Iran proved the skeptics wrong.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Though skeptics of the results of the 2020 election often cast doubt on mail-in voting, experts widely rated the 2020 election as secure.
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Even previous Brazilian skeptics of the consortium now regard it as an indispensable platform for advancing the country’s interests.
—Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
Or is megawatt charging just overkill, as some skeptics suggest?
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Within weeks, O’Neill could be asked to sign off on new recommendations from a CDC panel that Kennedy has reshaped with vaccine skeptics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Some skeptics might argue that coral factories are only slightly more realistic than Baker’s childhood fantasies of becoming a dinosaur.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The chaos comes weeks before a key advisory committee, which Kennedy has reshaped with vaccine skeptics, is expected to meet to issue new recommendations on immunizations.
—Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Abrahms, like Hazony, suggested that this summer’s US airstrikes in Iran proved the skeptics wrong.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Though skeptics of the results of the 2020 election often cast doubt on mail-in voting, experts widely rated the 2020 election as secure.
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Even previous Brazilian skeptics of the consortium now regard it as an indispensable platform for advancing the country’s interests.
—Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
Or is megawatt charging just overkill, as some skeptics suggest?
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Within weeks, O’Neill could be asked to sign off on new recommendations from a CDC panel that Kennedy has reshaped with vaccine skeptics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Some skeptics might argue that coral factories are only slightly more realistic than Baker’s childhood fantasies of becoming a dinosaur.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The chaos comes weeks before a key advisory committee, which Kennedy has reshaped with vaccine skeptics, is expected to meet to issue new recommendations on immunizations.
—Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Skeptics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptics. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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