conjecture
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His daughter told CNN that her father had been suffering from medical issues, and the recent conjecture has been unsettling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
His defence team countered that Duterte had murdered no one and that the prosecution's argument was based on "hearsay" and "conjecture", falling far short of the bar needed to confirm the charges against him.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
And the exact causes of Hamilton's struggles in 2025 remain a point of conjecture.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
Nearly everything else ever written about the family is conjecture spun from the scraps of information that exist, such as Shakespeare’s will leaving nothing to his wife other than “his second-best bed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
But all that is merely conjecture; no history books survived to tell the tale.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Vocabulary lists containing conjecture
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Grade 12, List 2
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