speculation

Example Sentences

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Investor sentiment can turn quickly when policy speculation collides with politics, says Ben Fulton, chief executive of WEBs Investments, leaving markets vulnerable to sharper moves if Powell’s language alters expectations.

From Barron's

Using the political polls to time the stock market is little more than idle armchair speculation.

From MarketWatch

But facts were easily eclipsed by lurid speculation, particularly when Short’s nickname was made public: The Black Dahlia was, after all, the perfect moniker for a femme fatale.

From The Wall Street Journal

There has been speculation that Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, could stand as a candidate and a party source told the BBC they were not ruling anything out.

From BBC

The Millers were greeted with speculation that the real father of the their child is Elon Musk.

From Salon