speculate

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Analysts speculate that we’re in a “crypto winter” of depressed prices—despite the fact that geopolitical chaos is exactly the environment in which Bitcoin is designed to thrive as “digital gold.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The rest of us can only speculate about his inner turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Some reports took the IBA saying Khelif has XY chromosomes to speculate that the fighter might have DSD.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

They can be used to protect a portfolio against further short-term pain in the stock market, or to speculate on a decline.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

It was understandable that Wagner might want to speculate about the art world of the future, one that would encompass within it all the arts, centred on human dramas of love, death and destiny.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall