as in questioner
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
the demand by skeptics that believers in Bigfoot produce some hard evidence of that hairy humanoid
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Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
Note to skeptics: See also the Miami Book Fair, the Books & Books indie shops, which sell Exile’s books, and the public-participation O, Miami poetry festival, whose papers happen to be stored at the UM special collections.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Supporters argue that would incentivize builders to develop more-affordable units, though that provision has also drawn criticism from reform skeptics.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Feb. 2025
Yet history shows paradigm shifts often emerge because skeptics force innovators to confront hard limits.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
Note to skeptics: See also the Miami Book Fair, the Books & Books indie shops, which sell Exile’s books, and the public-participation O, Miami poetry festival, whose papers happen to be stored at the UM special collections.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Supporters argue that would incentivize builders to develop more-affordable units, though that provision has also drawn criticism from reform skeptics.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Feb. 2025
Yet history shows paradigm shifts often emerge because skeptics force innovators to confront hard limits.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Skeptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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