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doubts

  • plural
    of doubt.
    doubt
    verb (used with object)
    to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
  • present tense form
    of doubt (3rd person singular).
    doubt
    verb (used with object)
    to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.

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If you're having doubts about whether the course is right for you, "you're having these feelings for a reason," Pia says.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The findings also help bring together recent research that has raised doubts about how important haplodiploidy really is to the evolution of complex insect societies.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

“Without the proof and all the doubts, I can’t say he’s guilty,” she told the press immediately after the trial.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Both consumer- and wholesale-price increases have slowed enough in the past few months to raise doubts about whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in September.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Still, now and then, I received a damping check to my cheerfulness; and was, in spite of myself, thrown back on the region of doubts and portents, and dark conjectures.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë