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skeptics

noun

plural of skeptic

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 The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 An ever-lonelier minority of skeptics argue that AI’s rise may seem unusually fast but is in fact following a centuries-old script. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 Among the skeptics is Zephyr Teachout, an expert on tech policy at Fordham Law School. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Mills, sympathetic to conspiratorial beliefs about the 2020 election and hailed by some election skeptics as a champion of voting integrity, has long clashed with members, squabbling over his power. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 In addition to skeptics like Putiata, few Ukrainian troops were trained to use these new weapons. — Greg Myre, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 Rather than scripting the final act of a Shakespearean tragedy that exists only in their imagination, skeptics might try covering the story unfolding in front of them – one of the most successful transformations on Wall Street playing out today. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Warren was one of a number of antitrust exemption skeptics on Capitol Hill who CNBC spoke with to gauge the appetite for granting the request floated by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei with support from other AI executives. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 While some parents may favor an AI approach to learning, skeptics of the Alpha school network cite concerns over isolationism and student anxiety over pre-set learning targets. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

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Fourteen minutes and just three questioners later, she was done.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Mark Hamill, Martha Stewart, Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro were some of the questioners.

— Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 May 2026

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