conjectural
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"It's a conjectural but plausible evolutionary theory - one that can't be proven, but makes sense," says Anoop Misra, who heads Delhi's Fortis-C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
The Constitution restricts the court to ruling only on actual “cases” and “controversies” — that is, on concrete harms affecting real people, not conjectural issues that might occur in the future.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
Without confirmation from artists, their teams, or Braun himself, changes to Braun’s roster are conjectural.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
Although these hazards are so far entirely conjectural, they are undoubtedly driving a growing community of researchers to study various harm-reduction tactics.
From Scientific American • Apr. 4, 2023
But all claims about what had gone on behind the scenes are conjectural.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing conjectural
"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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