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skeptic

[skep-tik] / ˈskɛp tɪk /


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I started out a skeptic, but my belief that quantum computing will commercialize has increased meaningfully in the past year and a half.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Bradford said he’s a fusion skeptic and, for him, the bigger worry is the possible harm to investors in the combined TMTG-TAE entity who are expecting meaningful progress with the underlying technology.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Sun said he gave crypto skeptic Buffett one bitcoin, as well as several Tron, the digital token of the blockchain he founded, during their meal in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But he is also a skeptic of preemption when neither Congress nor the Constitution has explicitly stripped away some traditional power from the state.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

The same Household Finance that had pushed Steve Eisman over the narrow border between Wall Street skeptic and Wall Street cynic.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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