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But the way Stoppard incorporates mathematical concepts as rarefied as fractal geometry to explore concepts of order and chaos as the characters hypothesize on the patterns of time is Stoppardian through and through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025

"A lot of people hypothesize what they would have done, or whether they would have been able to take on the attacker," said Astrid.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Warmer temperatures, the scientists hypothesize, make jay nests susceptible to predation by snakes for a longer period of the Florida spring than in the past.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

However, I hypothesize that there are more than polls count.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2024

One can hypothesize that smell is produced by particles entering the nose.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Emily Choquette, director of the Torrance-based Float Clinic and Research Center, says she hypothesizes that some, but not all, of the benefits received during wet floating would be achieved with dry floating, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

Oktay hypothesizes that those risks also may be mitigated in healthy women who delay menopause via ovarian tissue cryopreservation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

The team hypothesizes that as this foraging strategy proved successful, dinosaurs would have evolved ever larger feathers that would have eventually been capable of flight.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 25, 2024

He hypothesizes they could have originated from a magma ocean on a planet with an iron core or a region near an exploding star that was enriched with these elements.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2023

Heckscher hypothesizes that this change in diet may help the veery return to North America in better shape, more capable of a longer breeding season.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

Abatzoglou hypothesized the region’s link between wildfires and soil moisture could cause the mitigating effects of the preceding El Niño to linger longer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

He also hypothesized that Tesla could cut vehicle or FSD prices to make its EVs more affordable and attractive to consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

He hypothesized that the drug might reduce blood clotting and thus prevent heart attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

The genes were biologically "toxic" to humans, researchers hypothesized, and eventually purged out -- in essence, the children who inherited those traits might not have lived to pass them on.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“I’d hypothesized it for a while, and the vet proved my theory two weeks ago,” I said.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Fun fact: Fans have been hypothesizing, perhaps completely inaccurately, that this is a secret “Cloverfield” movie because of producer J.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

The Amanchukwu Lab -- which is most notable for its battery research -- applied insights from aqueous batteries to the problem, hypothesizing that controlling the water with organic solvents could provide a solution.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024

Gradually, discussion of her absence morphed from chatter online, including among conspiracy theorists, to mainstream hypothesizing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

But they can also be longer, which means more effort, more information seeking and hypothesizing is needed, so uncertainty persists longer.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2023

No amount of your analyzing, criticizing, judging, or hypothesizing will bring the peace you are looking for.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer