mistrusts

verb

present tense third-person singular of mistrust
as in doubts
to have no trust or confidence in a recluse who mistrusts her neighbors and stays in her house all day

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  1. doubts
  2. distrusts
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  • Meta could introduce technical solutions, like automatically blurring faces, as Google does in Street View images, but Szydlowski doubts Meta would voluntarily make such a privacy-conscious change without regulatory or public pressure.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Israeli government said in a message in English that conversations were deep and constructive, while a message in Hebrew, attributed to an anonymous Israeli official, emphasized disagreements and said that Israel doubts Hamas will disarm.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of doubts
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  • The American public distrusts its legal institutions and media outlets, creating a vacuum in which wild conjecture can bloom.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Someone who distrusts pharmaceutical companies may be more receptive to claims that the pandemic was engineered for profit.
    — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
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“Mistrusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistrusts. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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