conjectural
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"It's a conjectural but plausible evolutionary theory - one that can't be proven, but makes sense," says Anoop Misra, who heads Delhi's Fortis-C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
The court sided with the officers, saying that the township failed to demonstrate “real, not conjectural, harm” by using the flag and that the ban “addresses that harm in a direct and material way.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
The Constitution restricts the court to ruling only on actual “cases” and “controversies” — that is, on concrete harms affecting real people, not conjectural issues that might occur in the future.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
I find it bizarre to suggest that the plaintiffs have a “close relationship” with this totally conjectural class of patients.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2023
The eventual effects of eliminating sage and seeding with grass are largely conjectural.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing conjectural
"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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