speculative
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Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told state TV that reports of an agreement were "speculative" and "nothing has been finalised".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Concerns have been mounting about extreme leverage amid the speculative frenzy that has surrounded the Korean equity market over the last year or so.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Of course, many IPOs are of small, highly speculative companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Quantum computing remains a speculative investment, with Quantinuum and peers yet to broadly commercialize technology.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
There is a plausible and quite persuasive answer to the second question, which will then lead us to a plausible but more speculative answer to the first.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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