noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
say
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Editorial Researchers - and cynics - say that research doesn't give answers but only throws up more questions.
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Though cynics may say something else, long lunches are part of the job description for a working hack.
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Nothing new there, cynics would say .
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The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end.
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For the cynic will always say that the scientists of the past simply feigned their belief in order to escape persecution.
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Of course cynics may say that taking time could also be self-serving for those employed by a campaign.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, the cynics pointed out, he was the seventeenth person to hold the office in seventeen years.
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But while cynics often serve as acute commentators, they seldom make for effective organizational leaders.
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Even the mouse and the cynic are constantly making an exhibition of themselves.
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Jasper, the cynic , shook his head.
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Some cynics might dismiss such statements as cosmic hyperbole.
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Two days later, despite the speculations of cynics, it was seen leaving again.