speculation
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Cease-fire hopes helped kick off the rally, and artificial-intelligence speculation, soaring tech stocks and some positive economic data points have extended it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“The government’s evidence of the charged offense — the attempted assassination of the president — is thus built entirely upon speculation, even under the most generous reading of its theory,” Allen’s attorneys wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
"We just need to end the speculation, and certainly in my case, I've ended it," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
He added speculation about Sr Keir's leadership and constant rumours about who might replace him "distracts and detracts" from the job Labour MPs were trying to do.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
He brooded in ponderous speculation over the cryptic message he had just received.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing speculation
The Things They Carried
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American History II
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