speculative
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In a legal filing last week, James’s office called an effort to disqualify her speculative, since there was no indication the fraternity member in question would even be charged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Whether all the AI spending turns out to be a speculative bubble remains to be seen, but record sums of money are betting otherwise.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
I always shy away from the speculative, number-go-up kind of excitement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
That can anchor our price expectations for speculative stocks, but it’s especially relevant when valuing something like art that will never produce cash flows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Perhaps a speculative novel where the main character is an archaeologist digging for bronzes who is then transported to an idyllic past?
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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