speculative
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India's central bank has already poured billions of dollars to stabilise the currency, curbed speculative trading and offered a special credit line to oil importers to ease dollar demand.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Still, Inovio has yet to produce a commercial product, making the latest stock move purely speculative.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The idea remains speculative, but it raises the possibility that nature may favor stable physical structures in ways scientists do not yet fully understand.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
The playwright recognizes the speculative and incomplete nature of history, which is always born out of the needs and assumptions of the moment it’s written.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Candless studied the map, then looked at Nailer, speculative.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Vocabulary lists containing speculative
Grade 9, List 1
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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And Then There Were None
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