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The phrase "a certain skepticism" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a specific or particular level of doubt or disbelief about something.
Example: "Despite the overwhelming evidence, she maintained a certain skepticism about the project's success."
Alternatives: "some skepticism" or "a degree of skepticism".
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Still, he retained a certain skepticism.
Forgive us a certain skepticism.
I came to it, I should say, with a certain skepticism.
When they watch sports, it is with a certain skepticism about doping.
For all his emphasis on research, he retains a certain skepticism about history.
"Campaign" may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinéma vérité.
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Mr. Obama's agenda faces certain skepticism and opposition from a Republican Party that has fought for years against what it views as runaway spending, big government and overreaching regulation.
"I think that's appropriate because I have a certain guarded skepticism or optimism about this, too," he said.
But the scholarship behind some sensational claims made in the extensively annotated booklet that accompanies the CD lacks a certain critical skepticism.
In Ireland, however, the Georgian architecture is largely the handiwork of the once hated Protestant ascendancy, & the Irish ot today still tend to feel a certain patriotic skepticism about it.
What has made the programming watchable, all along, is the same thing that might keep it relevant as the economy changes, which is a certain winking skepticism about buying and selling.
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