skeptic
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Thus in 1776, even Thomas Paine, a religious skeptic, drew from the Bible to make his famous case for American Independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Topol, who has written extensively about advanced technology in medicine, is nothing like an AI skeptic.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Fennell is not merely playing fast and loose with her source material, as a skeptic might think; she’s lifting the evocative images of Brontë’s prose and envisioning them as one might when reading the novel.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
But that doesn’t make him an AI skeptic, either.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Though no response, spirit or mortal, was recorded, it’s assumed that the clever Miss Allen remained a skeptic.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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