hypothesized

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Thus, she has hypothesized, if logging companies were to leave some of the so-called mother trees standing, depleted forests would find it easier to regenerate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The genes were biologically "toxic" to humans, researchers hypothesized, and eventually purged out -- in essence, the children who inherited those traits might not have lived to pass them on.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

"We hypothesized there was likely something real behind the hype because rosemary contains many antioxidants," said Pang, co-lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

The hypothesized one-two punch of earthquakes was probably “not just a black swan chance-in-a-million,” Goldfinger said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

“I’d hypothesized it for a while, and the vet proved my theory two weeks ago,” I said.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas