1
: an adherent or advocate of skepticism
2
: a person disposed to skepticism especially regarding religion or religious principles
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Skeptics have pointed out flaws in the researchers' methods.
You can believe in ghosts if you like, but I'm still a skeptic.
He is a skeptic and a cynic.
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Lawmakers fear the Chinese government could use the app to spy on Americans or disseminate pro-China propaganda, even though TikTok skeptics have never shown concrete examples of that happening.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
Carbon-capture skeptics say the technology is untested at scale and allows the fossil-fuel industry to continue largely unchanged.
—Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
So much so, that skeptics will doubt (and possibly attempt to revise) the story.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Yet some skeptics argue none of these challenge trials were necessary, and that many of the findings could have been gleaned through other types of studies.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
Carbon-capture skeptics say the technology is untested at scale and allows the fossil-fuel industry to continue largely unchanged.
—Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
So much so, that skeptics will doubt (and possibly attempt to revise) the story.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Yet some skeptics argue none of these challenge trials were necessary, and that many of the findings could have been gleaned through other types of studies.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Skeptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeptic. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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