speculate

Example Sentences

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Baldy as observers speculate about what could have happened to each of the hikers.

From Los Angeles Times

Fans have been speculating about a major new twist in this series after trailers broadcast over Christmas showed a figure wearing a red cloak in a departure from the usual traitors' green.

From BBC

Police Chief Ilkka Koskimäki replied that "the police or other authorities do not speculate on these matters. The police's job is to investigate what happened."

From BBC

Prior to this public revelation, options industry veteran Brent Kochuba, founder of trading analytics firm SpotGamma, had speculated about the existence of a trader nicknamed “Captain Condor” for more than a year.

From MarketWatch

"We are trying to contact Anthony and in the meantime we don't want to speculate on how he is but thankfully he appears OK from what I have seen in the images," he said.

From Barron's