speculation
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A 10% combined allocation to gold and silver is insurance, not speculation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Defining the line between productive uses of capital and mere speculation is a never-ending battle.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
There's been some relief in the rupee's slide after the central bank intervened to curb speculation, but that is likely to be temporary.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
The good feelings have set off a boomlet of speculation that Rubio might mount another bid for president in 2028.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
One man who took such apocalyptic speculation seriously was Leo Szilard, the energetic and resourceful Hungarian physicist who had tried to patent a prototypical cyclotron just before Lawrence’s practical invention.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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American History II
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