conjecture

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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

One might as well conjecture that 1939’s “The Women” was a metaphor for the Nazi invasion of Poland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 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

Strange Brew added that it was "not in line with our values to exclude Oi Va Voi and Zohara from performing on the basis of conjecture by another group about their views".

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Now this conjecture is known to be wrong.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson