as in skeptics
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
there will always be some hard-core doubters of the government's denial of the UFO incident
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Recent Examples of doubters
Audio clips of Lions doubters play in the background while Dan Campbell gets up from his desk to post the Lions schedule on the bulletin board.
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Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Still, one of the carriers thought to fill Spirit’s void has some doubters.
—Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
And her opportunity in New York isn’t for proving doubters wrong.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
At 41 years old, Vonn's return to the World Cup leaderboard after years of retirement had defied her doubters and turned the world's heads.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
The idea of intersectionality is deceptively and seductively simple—too simple, doubters sometimes think, to require an academic theory.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
But doubters who scoffed back then may be eating their words now.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
This is not the first time doubters have questioned Dubai’s future.
—Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026
Dubón has made a career of proving doubters wrong.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Still, one of the carriers thought to fill Spirit’s void has some doubters.
—Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
And her opportunity in New York isn’t for proving doubters wrong.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
At 41 years old, Vonn's return to the World Cup leaderboard after years of retirement had defied her doubters and turned the world's heads.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
The idea of intersectionality is deceptively and seductively simple—too simple, doubters sometimes think, to require an academic theory.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
But doubters who scoffed back then may be eating their words now.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
This is not the first time doubters have questioned Dubai’s future.
—Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026
Dubón has made a career of proving doubters wrong.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubters
Noun
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Fomin’s skeptics include his brother, his parents and his ex-wife.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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So far, evidence suggests AI ads mobilize partisan bases more than persuade skeptics, raising doubts that Pratt’s viral fantasies — not his fire-scarred biography and policy ideas — will translate millions of views into actual votes.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Mueller repeatedly referred questioners back to the text of his report, apparently unwilling—or unable—to add any words of his own.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Several questioners pressed Steyer on his positions on Israel’s actions in Palestine and asked him to work to divest state entities from Israeli companies.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Doubters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubters. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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