cast doubt on

idiom

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

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By law federal workers are supposed to get back pay once the shutdown ends, but the White House has tried to cast doubt on that. The Npr Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 Over the summer the FDA convened a panel on the safety of certain antidepressants in pregnancy that tried to cast doubt on this research, ignoring the real harms of not treating depression or anxiety for pregnant people themselves and for their fetuses. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025 Hoskins last week attempted to cast doubt on the validity of roughly 100,00 signatures gathered by the campaign. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025 The new project, announced ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings call, follows announcements earlier this year that cast doubt on any large-scale construction projects happening in the short term. Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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