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
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
Garlic lovers are excited, and skeptics are already reaching for their mints.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Some skeptics worry that a bubble is forming and that companies are overspending with no clear path to a return on investment.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s a familiar feeling for crypto skeptics.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Really great for all the skeptics of manifestation.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
But some skeptics continue to believe the interpreter may have taken a fall to protect the player or the league, which is still shadowed by both all-time-hits leader Pete Rose’s gambling saga in the 1980s as well as the Black Sox World Series conspiracy fix of 1919.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Still, even skeptics admit that the conversation is necessary.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Garlic lovers are excited, and skeptics are already reaching for their mints.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Some skeptics worry that a bubble is forming and that companies are overspending with no clear path to a return on investment.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s a familiar feeling for crypto skeptics.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Really great for all the skeptics of manifestation.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
But some skeptics continue to believe the interpreter may have taken a fall to protect the player or the league, which is still shadowed by both all-time-hits leader Pete Rose’s gambling saga in the 1980s as well as the Black Sox World Series conspiracy fix of 1919.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Still, even skeptics admit that the conversation is necessary.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skeptics
questioners
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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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“Skeptics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptics. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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