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- adjective Having, or expressing
doubt ;questioning - adjective Of or relating to
scepticism or thesceptics
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- adjective marked by or given to doubt
- adjective denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
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Examples
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The reason so many are sceptical is perhaps because of the insults directed at those who dare to question.
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Legal experts remain sceptical over whether the Metropolitan Police and the CPS will be able to make criminal charges stick.
Shamed Pakistan players remain suspended after ICC rejects appeals
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Indeed, I've remained sceptical from the beginning.
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Kayani insists those ties have been severed but western officials remain sceptical, saying the army's world-view remains India-centric.
Mumbai spy says he worked for terrorists ? then briefed Pakistan
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I remain sceptical as to whether the voters of Northern Ireland actually care particularly about electing members of the main Westminster parties, but I admire the way the message is being delivered.
April Books 9) One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
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Time and again sceptical journalists return to the issue of what deals have been done to secure 'victory' in the matter of the Counter Terrorism Bill and the desire to introduce internment without trial, albeit for a limited period of forty-two days.
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Time and again sceptical journalists return to the issue of what deals have been done to secure 'victory' in the matter of the Counter Terrorism Bill and the desire to introduce internment without trial, albeit for a limited period of forty-two days.
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It is also re-showing The West Wing, but I remain sceptical as to whether they will ever get around to Seasons 6 and 7.
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But like many who have tried to examine this body of evidence impartially, I remain sceptical, and in virtually all cases it is never really clear that dogs can be excluded outright.
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Though we should remain sceptical about these accounts – as Domning noted – it is not implausible that they were genuine, and Domning cites a radio-tracked Florida manatee that, in 1995, got as far as Rhode Island.
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