How to Use conspiracy theory in a Sentence

conspiracy theory

noun
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  • Conspiracy theories sprung up soon after the leader's assassination.
  • The bio made a reference to Ray Epps, the man at the center of a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That includes a long line of conspiracy theories and his claim that a worm ate part of his brain.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • And the claim about bioweapons labs has been disproven as a conspiracy theory.
    — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • Ron Watkins, who has ties to the QAnon conspiracy theory, is considered a long shot in his House run.
    — Meg Kinnard, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In many ways, this truly ugly conspiracy theory has some roots right here in the Golden State of the 1990s.
    — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2022
  • But in the end, the conspiracy theory part didn’t interest me as much as the moral existential part of the story.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022
  • Part of it is so many people are watching so many YouTube videos and going so crazy with conspiracy theories.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The fires have sparked an array of conspiracy theories about their origin.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Hey, there’s always the conspiracy theory that RM has a secret second album on the way.
    — Vulture, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Dancing pumps and darkness retreats and the dumbest and darkest conspiracy theories, and that’s just the short list of weirdness.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
  • This isn’t the first time that Kojima has been embroiled in a conspiracy theory.
    — Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
  • That three of these four men did not speak to one another did not put a dent in Mr. Kostelanetz’s conspiracy theory.
    — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • But that was a whole 12 months ago, and in the time since, Musk has continued to welcome fringe far-right views to X and endorsed troubling conspiracy theories himself.
    — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Tangent Right-wing provocateurs have spread a string of conspiracy theories about the reason for the bridge collapse.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This is a real issue, no matter who raises it or who tries to dismiss it out of hand as a conspiracy theory.
    — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Breest’s team has chalked up the argument to a conspiracy theory.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
  • So what has Klepper learned from the conspiracy theory beat?
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Rule 53 could become the Area 51 of Trumpism—a zone where conspiracy theories flourish.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • But populists’ use of xenophobia and conspiracy theories can turn that idea on its head.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The group has espoused conspiracy theories and false claims about the 2020 election in Wisconsin.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • What’s more, the conspiracy theory suggests, the entire crash was an insurance scam gone wrong.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Posts pushing this conspiracy theory have been liked tens of thousands of times on Weibo.
    — Linda Lew, Fortune, 23 May 2022
  • The events have sparked rumors and conspiracy theories as the public tries to understand how or if they are connected.
    — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
  • If that's the case, then here's my conspiracy theory: Sauron might be hiding inside Halbrand!
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • When 38-year-old Robert Rauschenberg was named grand prize winner at the esteemed art festival, a furor erupted — and the conspiracy theories took flight.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
  • People who study QAnon don't find Trump's overt embrace of the baseless conspiracy theory to be a laughing matter.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The nature of the disaster, and the chaos and information void in the aftermath, lent itself to rumor and conspiracy theories.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • It's been the subject of long-running conspiracy theories.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The actor is set to detail his April 2023 medical emergency, which left him hospitalized and sparked rumors and conspiracy theories on the cause of his health scare.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024

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