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

Scientists can use them to test whether certain hypothesized light-weight elementary particles exist and how massive they are.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

She hypothesized that the issue was compounded by the fact that many people were not going in to work, meaning they didn’t have disposable income to eat out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 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