conjecture

Example Sentences

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All the confident conjecture aside, no one really knows how the revolution in artificial intelligence will play out in the coming decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

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

“This is reckless and irresponsible conjecture without any fact-checking done prior to publication,” the network shared.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

We listen to hear if anybody’s figured out who put them on the walls, and to our surprise most of what we hear is conjecture that it's the school itself that's behind it.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe