cast doubt on

idiom

: to make (something) seem less likely
The incident cast doubt on her honesty.

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Lillard previously cast doubt on returning to the franchise during a 2023 interview with EW. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025 The government’s long-standing position of keeping the full findings of its investigations led some to cast doubt on the official record. Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025 Elon Musk, who runs a competing artificial intelligence start-up, later cast doubt on that figure. Mike Isaac, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 In 2021 and 2022, the association funded and promoted two non peer-reviewed but widely circulated studies to cast doubt on the growing research. Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cast doubt on 

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“Cast doubt on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20doubt%20on. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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