"Widespread skepticism" refers to a situation where many people doubt or question something.
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At a time of
widespread skepticism about whether schools can do anything to prevent young people from using drugs, a study released here last week offers some hope.
On Tuesday, facing rising political heat after the Parkland massacre, Trump, as he often does, blamed his predecessors for a lack of action and said he would be different,
despite widespread skepticism among gun control activists about his sincerity and capacity to make the case for change.
The approach drew
widespread skepticism because other countries thought that the United States had no credibility on the issue and was using what it called the «Major Economies» meeting process to delay real progress.
Widespread skepticism which dealt severe blows to the Church in Europe undercut religious conviction and slowed down the propagation of the faith.
Moreover, even outside of personal injury, Millennials
show widespread skepticism toward traditional attorney marketing, as well as a preference for do - it - yourself online services like LegalZoom.
The President's inaugural attempt to communicate climate policy in the State Of The Union address has met
with widespread skepticism.
Hillary Clinton yesterday unveiled the first portion of her presidential campaign's energy agenda, vowing an aggressive expansion of the nation's renewable energy production while taking aim at the Republican primary field over the GOP's
widespread skepticism of climate science.
But there is
widespread skepticism about whether Kim is ready to abandon the nuclear arsenal his country has defended and developed for decades as what it says is a necessary deterrent against U.S. invasion.
Consequently, when Guangxi Nonferrous entered liquidation, there was
widespread skepticism about whether the company would, in fact, be taken apart and sold off to pay its debts.
This seems to be the case with Clue Club, in which the clumsy, braggart bloodhounds, Woofer and Wimper, and sometimes Deedee and Pepper, provide the comic and antiheroic counterpoint to the successful efforts of Larry and Dottie, They show us that the creators of the show are aware of
the widespread skepticism regarding the heroic, At the same time, the expected formulas of mystery and adventure can be executed for the sake of those (younger?)
Although Bok shares
the widespread skepticism of «competency - based learning» as it is practiced in some institutions, he credits the apparent success of this approach to the clarity of the objectives its practitioners have established.
This ready corruptibility of the ideal of truth - serving and the recognition of many conflicting claims to truth has led to
widespread skepticism about the concept of truth itself and distrust of those who affirm it.
Christian faith... is possible apart from belief in Jesus» resurrection in particular and life beyond bodily death in general, and because of
the widespread skepticism regarding these traditional beliefs, they should be presented as optional.
Turner shares
a widespread skepticism about whether the evangelical thinkers will make much of an impact on the large and multifarious worlds of evangelicalism, but of this he is more certain: «That [they have] made, and will continue to make, a substantial mark on American academic life seems indisputable, especially in history, philosophy, and, more recently, sociology.
Over the summer President Obama sketched a concept for a cap - and - trade bill that would legislate significant cuts in the United States» carbon emissions, but
widespread skepticism — along with a weak economy — forced Senate majority leader Harry Reid to concede last July that such a bill would not pass.
Since most people hate the idea of losing large portions of their life savings, this observation quite naturally led to
a widespread skepticism re the idea of investing too heavily in stocks.
There is
widespread skepticism that organs are being carved from dead prisoners by a few outlaws here and there.