scepticism
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Advocacy groups also voiced scepticism about the numbers reported by China.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The decision to join a congested Chelsea squad as a still-raw talent was met with some scepticism but the attraction of reuniting with then Blues head coach Enzo Maresca may have been a decisive factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Yin-Poole says there's "a huge amount of scepticism" about the stated motivation.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
GDP came in at 5.3 percent in the second quarter of the year, following on 5.6 percent in the first, though analysts have repeatedly expressed scepticism about Indonesia's official growth data.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
By the time Descartes published the Discourse he had decided that the best way to introduce his philosophy was through applying scepticism absolutely to the limit.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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