theorize
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Your son’s job is not to theorize about their reasons and whether the insurer is legitimate or not, but to present enough evidence to be made whole.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
While elitists criticize and theorize about the poor, Robert L. Woodson Sr. looked for successes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
She can imagine, she can theorize, she can try to do justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
When faced with a particularly puzzling case and not much evidence to go on, Sherlock Holmes once said, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Scientists even theorize that if you could take the position, speed, trajectory, and mass of every object in the universe and feed it into a supercomputer, you could predict the future of everything.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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She theorizes that an overhaul would spare people already receiving benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
This “digital lock-in” forced more screen time and distraction into the classroom, he theorizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Trump may be trying to ease the process by picking a candidate most of Wall Street can get behind, theorizes Jake Schurmeier, portfolio manager at Harbor Capital Advisors.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
It’s traveling via word of mouth, theorizes Smith, because people today are increasingly searching for “connection and meaning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
That's what he does all day long: He theorizes.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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"It has long been theorized that gravity caused this, but our measurements show magnetism likely played a role."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
He theorized that his initial test was flagged because he completed it very quickly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Since at least the 1960s, economists have theorized that most people should annuitize a portion of their wealth by handing it to an insurance company in exchange for a lifelong monthly payment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
But there might be outside factors at play as well, the researchers theorized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
If so, Penelope theorized, and if Lady Constance were not so terribly spoiled but had instead had the benefit of a more Swanburne-like education, she might well turn out to be a perfectly pleasant companion.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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"We don't spend a lot of time talking about AGI," Pineau said, dismissing the theorizing as a distraction.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Mr. Plokhy, a professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, shows that nuclear theorizing and research were initially international, focused on peaceful rather than military applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
But a couple of developments this week got us theorizing.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2025
Officers interrogated Quinn for hours, brushing aside his story and theorizing he was behind her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
I’d been way off course, theorizing jealous secrets, when Sela’s actual truth was another thing I’d always sucked at: self-love.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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