skeptical
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“I had been skeptical of developers coming into Austin and building so rapidly, and so many apartments, over the years, because it wasn’t necessarily targeted to families or to lower-income folks,” she recalls to Barron’s.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Judges blocked the order from taking effect, and in April, the justices gave a skeptical hearing to Trump’s lawyers as the president sat in the gallery.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Even Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman who was ardently skeptical of regulation, eventually realized this.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“We still come in skeptical here … We see AI driving a long and enduring upcycle, but a cycle nonetheless,” Kerwin said.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Just that we expected him to be more skeptical, to calm our feverish ambition.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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