skeptic
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disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, questioner, unbeliever
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Meanwhile, skeptics question the very purpose of college and its degree system. — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, "Student Debt Is Transforming the American Family," 2 Sep. 2019 Trump is a climate change skeptic who once had claimed it’s a hoax that was invented by the Chinese. — Darlene Superville, BostonGlobe.com, "President Trump misses G-7 meeting on climate change," 26 Aug. 2019 Azar used to be a skeptic of importation, and was once quoted dismissing it as a gimmick. — Author: Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Anchorage Daily News, "US to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada," 31 July 2019 Trump campaigned in part on bashing free trade, and some of his toughest challengers in the Democratic primary are fierce skeptics of it. — Alex Ward, Vox, "Trade, defense, and Israel: 2020 Democrats’ foreign policy flashpoints," 27 June 2019 Now the undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department, Malpass has been an outspoken skeptic of the 189-nation World Bank, a leading source of funding for economic development. — Darlene Superville, The Seattle Times, "Trump to tap David Malpass, critic of World Bank, to lead it," 6 Feb. 2019 Though skeptics questioned some of the sentiments attributed to her, there was no doubt that Koko conveyed the emotional depth and intelligence of animals. — latimes.com, "Today: Blurred Lines at the Border," 22 June 2018 Still, given the energy requirements, the logistical headaches and the cost, skeptics question whether spreading compost across extensive portions of the world’s surface — including conflict zones in the Sahel or Central Asia — is really feasible. — Moises Velasquez-manoff, New York Times, "Can Dirt Save the Earth?," 18 Apr. 2018 With unemployment in Wisconsin at 3% and some businesses already complaining about a lack of skilled workers, skeptics have questioned whether the state will be able to supply enough workers for Foxconn and its potential suppliers. — Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin Assembly votes to loosen rent-to-own laws; bill's fate in Senate unclear," 20 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'skeptic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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