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speculative

[spek-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv] / ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv /


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More recently, the speculative focus has moved toward chip stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The technology is still viewed as a speculative bet and likely will be for the foreseeable future, no matter how many companies go public.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

That compares with 476 in the speculative bull market of 1999, said Rabe.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Of course, many IPOs are of small, highly speculative companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The Voyager spacecraft are the lineal descendants of those sailing-ship voyages of exploration, and of the scientific and speculative tradition of Christiaan Huygens.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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