cast doubt on

idiom

: to make (something) seem less likely
The incident cast doubt on her honesty.

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During the meeting Friday, some members cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of Covid shots and mRNA technology, and questioned the reliability of data on hospitalization rates due to the virus. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025 What to Watch For Kennedy has repeatedly cast doubt on the vaccine’s safety. Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025 The podcast became a phenomenon and cast doubt on his conviction in one of the first instances of true-crime media having real-life consequences for its subjects. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025 Her testimony in the retrial earlier this year, though, cast doubt on her truthfulness. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cast doubt on

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“Cast doubt on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20doubt%20on. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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