hypothesis
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A Sussex Police spokesperson said the investigation remained open, and the "current hypothesis" was that it was "a tragic accident, with no third-party involvement".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Their hypothesis was confirmed when footage of a Ying Yang Twins performance went viral in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
One theory for the origin of the Martian moons -- the "giant impact" hypothesis -- is that they formed after a celestial body collided with Mars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Your grocery list is not the Riemann hypothesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But a rousing of the stellar fires in N49 is a simpler hypothesis: we are sure there are such things as supernovae.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Some medical researchers let AI models take the lead alongside human lab workers to gather information, stress-test hypotheses, interpret data and spit out plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The continuing delay, he argues, points to competing hypotheses, unresolved leads and possible mechanical issues that have yet to be fully explained.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
It also puts forward hypotheses about why this belly-brain choreography exists.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
However, if scientists can use data from large cosmological surveys to develop precise hypotheses that apply to the solar system, then it becomes possible to design targeted experiments to test them.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
A little later in life we pick up some of the more exotic plurals—criteria, phenomena, hypotheses, and the like—that are the offspring of other languages.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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