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- noun Plural form of
sceptic .
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Examples
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Addressing a South African Chamber of Business banquet, he referred to what he called sceptics who maintained that people whose expectations were inflated by the demise of apartheid might react badly if these were not immediately satisfied.
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This, claim the sceptics, is a flaw in the CO2 theory, because the post-war economic boom produced more CO2 and should, according to the consensus, have meant a rise in global temperatures.
Documentary Claims ‘Global Warming Is a Lie’ | Impact Lab 2007
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And he says the same likewise of the generality of their school-divines, whom he calls sceptics, because they do not own his demonstrative way.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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Europhiles like to label sceptics as "Little Britons".
New Statesman 2010
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Did this clown just crawl out of a hollow log? surely it is Lord Stern who is 'muddled and confused' when he, like so many label sceptics as climate change deniers.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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Did this clown just crawl out of a hollow log? surely it is Lord Stern who is 'muddled and confused' when he, like so many label sceptics as climate change deniers.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Did this clown just crawl out of a hollow log? surely it is Lord Stern who is 'muddled and confused' when he, like so many label sceptics as climate change deniers.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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“Lovelock says the events of the recent months have seen him warming to the efforts of the “good” climate sceptics: “What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: ‘Crumbs, have I made a mistake here?’
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why Politicians Love the Global Warming Issue 2010
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Not surprisingly, the sceptics are already chewing:
Afghan poll-iticking 2010
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Not surprisingly, the sceptics are already chewing:
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word sceptics
JM thinks the future is doubtful for sceptics.
June 27, 2011