- present participle of speculate.
speculating
Example Sentences
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One is speculating in public about a woman’s health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I find that question pretty offensive, frankly, when people start speculating about my death and my health,” he told a Swiss newspaper at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Booker added: "We would urge people to please avoid the area where possible to allow emergency services to work efficiently and safely, and refrain from speculating on the circumstances of the incident."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Intrigued by the vague mixture of menace and nostalgia that the image evoked, internet users began sharing stories and speculating that the Backrooms is a hidden dimension into which people might accidentally find themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
This is so new a field of study that as yet scientists have been more concerned with identifying the chromosome abnormalities associated with disease and defective development than with speculating about the causes.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
