skepticism
Example Sentences
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The new leadership change comes during a period of investor skepticism in the defensibility of software as a service.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Given all that, no amount of skepticism or cynicism is unjustified.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Many people “have a healthy skepticism in the era of AI,” said Suzanne Philion, chief marketing officer at Waymo, now a Google sibling within Alphabet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Veterans and their advocates generally welcomed the announced new housing but also expressed skepticism about an initiative that has been planned in secret with no opportunity for review by its beneficiaries.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Coram looked at the professor; he’d thought Löfgren was familiar with the alethiometer, as Hallgrimsson was, and believed in its powers, but there was a tone of skepticism in his question.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing skepticism
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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