speculation
Example Sentences
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The Treasury has said it does not comment on tax speculation.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Yet there is growing speculation of a battle ahead.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The incident has been subject of speculation in the Spanish media since March last year when the local judge overseeing the investigation reopened the probe to give police more time to gather evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
For decades, a puzzling discrepancy involving a tiny subatomic particle called the muon fueled speculation that physicists might be on the verge of discovering an entirely new force of nature.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
He brooded in ponderous speculation over the cryptic message he had just received.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing speculation
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American History II
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