speculating

Example Sentences

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“If you’re buying one-day options, or selling them, I mean that’s not investing, that’s not speculating, it’s gambling,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

While we have counseled that speculating on earnings reports is gambling, it remains one of the most prevalent pastimes in the stock and options market.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

In the hours after the incident, social media users began speculating that things weren’t as they appeared, and that the shooting, some argued, had clearly been staged.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

Dinosaur fans had been speculating about the existence of prehistoric creatures in “The End of Oak Street” for months before the world had any proper confirmation.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

We walked about all day quietly speculating about what the lieutenant could have told his men.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah