speculate (about)

verb

Definition of speculate (about)next
as in to fixate (on or upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculate (about)
  1. reason
  2. believe
  3. conclude
  4. analyze
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  • Gutierrez reasoned that jurors were confused by the testimony, including with respect to economic terms, and were misled by hypotheticals.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The company observed a similar restriction during the 2020 U.S. election, reasoning that there wasn’t enough time to properly contest claims made in ads so close to the election.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of reason
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  • In the future, researchers believe similar dating methodologies could one day be applied to not just other meteorites, but planets.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • But human rights groups believe the real toll to be far greater, with thousands more users and small-time peddlers killed in mysterious circumstances by unknown assailants.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of believe
Verb
  • As first reported by the Associated Press, their discovery concludes a decades-long mystery about their whereabouts while highlighting numerous stories previously lost to history.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In a classified assessment prepared in early October, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia, which favors Donald Trump, and Iran, which prefers Kamala Harris, were both plotting covert propaganda campaigns to sow post-election discord over the vote counting.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of conclude
Verb
  • But that has been analyzed and dismissed by almost every economist and trade group in the country to look at it.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Investigators use genetic genealogy to solve cold cases by using suspect DNA collected from a crime scene, analyzing it, and converting it into a raw data file.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of analyze
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