as in questioner
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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To match Silicon Valley’s escalating rhetoric, AI skeptics have ramped up their own, like atheists heckling from the pews at Mass.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
While skeptics might question how analysts can precisely measure how much of the damage caused by such events is attributable to climate change, one major tributary to this number is a dramatic increase in insurance costs, and insurers take estimating risk very seriously.
—Eugene Linden, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Indiana’s 2024 trek to the Eastern Conference Finals was met with skeptics as the team was still emerging, but that journey was validated by another deep playoff run in 2025.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
As usual, those tests will be left to the laboratory of social media, where trolls and skeptics alike wait to find out exactly what the world’s richest man has unleashed on the rest of us.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
While skeptics might question how analysts can precisely measure how much of the damage caused by such events is attributable to climate change, one major tributary to this number is a dramatic increase in insurance costs, and insurers take estimating risk very seriously.
—Eugene Linden, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Indiana’s 2024 trek to the Eastern Conference Finals was met with skeptics as the team was still emerging, but that journey was validated by another deep playoff run in 2025.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
As usual, those tests will be left to the laboratory of social media, where trolls and skeptics alike wait to find out exactly what the world’s richest man has unleashed on the rest of us.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
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“Skeptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptic. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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