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

So I gave myself a budget of around $350 a day and skeptically set out to see if anyone not arriving by Lamborghini could have a good time in this tax-free Shangri-La on the Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 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

“Oh Ron,” said Hermione, shaking her head skeptically, “we thought Snape was trying to kill Harry before, and it turned out he was saving Harry’s life, remember?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling