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theorize

[thee-uh-rahyz, theer-ahyz] / ˈθi əˌraɪz, ˈθɪər aɪz /


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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

"Bodyguard's" popularity even prompted fans, critics and Swifties alike to theorize that it was none other than Swift singing background vocals.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

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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