conjecture
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The rumor mill is active, locals say, and includes conjecture on whether Musk himself might show up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Schnoebelen said that while the speculating on the origins of the statue is all conjecture at this point, she does enjoy the attention the statue has brought to this particular period of art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It shows the conjecture is false for every dimension larger than 2, with the original conjecture in two dimensions remaining open.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Recent examples include OpenAI’s disproof of the unit distance conjecture, and the proof of Erdős’ problem 1196 by Liam Price, a 23-year-old amateur mathematician.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Finally, in 1973, David Robinson at Kings College, London, used Carter’s and my results to show that the conjecture had been correct: such a black hole had indeed to be the Kerr solution.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
But we have reached the point where famous math conjectures that stood for decades seem to be falling every day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"This unprecedentedly clear signal of the black hole merger known as GW250114 puts to the test some of our most important conjectures about black holes and gravitational waves," Isi said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
No one is quite sure how much higher, but Adam Levitin of Georgetown Law conjectures that it might be higher by a percentage point or more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
A lawyer for the New Jersey senator said the justice department claims were "baseless" and "bizarre conjectures".
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
Popper distinguished between the world of physical objects, the world of mental processes and the third world, the world of ‘problems, conjectures, theories, arguments, journals and books’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Erdős conjectured that the maximum number of pairs, suggested by a gridlike system, could increase only slightly faster than the number of dots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
But, for an elusive conjectured class of materials, physicists have now shown that the surface previously thought to be "featureless" holds an unmistakable signature that could lead to the first definitive observation.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2024
“Is there a universal basis for selection? Is there a more quantitative formalism underlying this conjectured conceptual equivalence—a formalism rooted in the transfer of information?,” they ask of the world’s disparate phenomena.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023
The reason, Liebling conjectured, is that “‘demand,’ in English, is an arrogant word; ‘offer,’ a large, generous one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
International master George Koltanowski conjectured that Bobby just didn’t trust people and didn’t want to be cheated: “There’s a word for it in German: Verfolgungswahnsinn,” he said.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Simpson homicide trial in 1994, Wecht was a frequent talk show guest, conjecturing on the “Today” show and “Good Morning America” about the significance of blood samples and other evidence.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
The outlay had some crypto followers conjecturing that he meant to consolidate the industry in his own hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
"Rather than conjecturing whether Xi would restrain actions before the party congress, it is more realistic to analyse its daily military activities and make preparations accordingly," the official added.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022
Even the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, talked about "insurgent math," conjecturing that for every innocent person killed, the U.S. created 10 new enemies.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2021
“Your observation skills are admirable, Duane the polar bear, but your conjecturing needs work. It’s not melting; it’s tocking.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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