skeptically

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"Our expectations were simply following along with that consensus, but once we sampled the hyoid and saw features that strongly indicated maturity, we knew that we had to examine that idea more skeptically."

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Dr. Prasad has encouraged FDA staff to review applications skeptically and forced out veterans who clashed with him on drug reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Barron’s wrote skeptically about the stock last December.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

But those whims change over time, and that lands the loyalty of the show in some awkward tonal territory, with the hosts supporting causes they once, to say the least, viewed extremely skeptically.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

“Didn’t look like you needed a job that day,” Love said skeptically.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds