as in cynic
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system
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Despite a naysayers in DC, the public has embraced wed in a big way
In 2012 Washington and Colorado legalized weed for recreational use, since then 22 more states have followed and 38 states have medical marijuana.
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Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
Some naysayers will no doubt decry the pay increase pointing out the lagging standardized test scores and lower graduation rates of students in Baltimore City Public Schools but that is exactly the point.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
But the quest to convert the naysayers began in the English Premier League twenty years before.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
That assumption has given new fuel to the most expansionist—or even messianic—aspirations of Israel’s ascendant right wing, which hopes that, once the IDF obliterates its adversaries, all the naysayers might recognize the futility of trying to defeat Israel and, instead, pursue peace with it.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
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Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
Some naysayers will no doubt decry the pay increase pointing out the lagging standardized test scores and lower graduation rates of students in Baltimore City Public Schools but that is exactly the point.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
But the quest to convert the naysayers began in the English Premier League twenty years before.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
That assumption has given new fuel to the most expansionist—or even messianic—aspirations of Israel’s ascendant right wing, which hopes that, once the IDF obliterates its adversaries, all the naysayers might recognize the futility of trying to defeat Israel and, instead, pursue peace with it.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Naysayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naysayer. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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