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agnostics
1
someone who believes it is impossible to know whether God exists or not
- As an agnostic, she prefers to keep questions of faith open.
- The panel included both believers and agnostics.
- He was raised religious but became an agnostic after years of philosophical study.
- She identifies as an agnostic, believing that the existence of God is ultimately unknowable.
- The agnostic argued that human reason cannot prove or disprove the divine.
2
someone who is undecided or skeptical about a particular issue or claim
- She's an agnostic about the effectiveness of that new therapy.
- He remained an agnostic about the effectiveness of the new vaccine.
- She's an agnostic on the question of AI ethics, still weighing the pros and cons.
- As an agnostic in the climate debate, he prefers to examine data before taking a stance.
- The investor was an agnostic regarding cryptocurrency, neither bullish nor dismissive.
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