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The price decline probably also reflects a dubiousness that rescheduling will actually happen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Kurt Krause, a lawyer representing one of the fake electors, John Haggard, said in court Thursday that “the probability of conviction is low, given the dubiousness of the factual basis asserted by the government.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Samsung did not address the dubiousness of excluding benchmarking apps from throttling “Our priority is to deliver the best mobile experience for consumers, said Yeo. “

From The Verge • Mar. 4, 2022

That includes Masha herself, a Goop-tastic creation whose studied smile, meant to convey a sense of reassurance, is locked in an eternal battle with a non-specific accent prickling with dubiousness.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2021

It seems to me, however," continues this censorious young diarist, "that those who object to the persecution, even to extermination of heretics, admit the uncertainty and dubiousness of all theological doctrine and belief.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus