speculation
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A White House official said the president makes announcements about personnel decisions directly and until then reports about a decision is speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Hollywood, there had been much speculation over what jumbled mash-up of the corporate titles would be used, with WarnerMount and Paramount-Warner Bros. often mentioned as possibilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
City could face relegation given the sheer scale of the case and there is even speculation that they could be stripped of their titles.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Malaysia’s 2027 budget comes amid speculation about an early election and higher oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Pure speculation of course, but something had certainly broken my lute string, and I didn’t doubt for a second that Ambrose would try something of the sort.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Extraterrestrial cosmologies descend from the philosophically Protestant speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine, each of whom posited a plurality of worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The address, filmed a month after his dismissal, ended speculations on Fedorov's future and ruled out his potential cooperation with the government.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Around big players there are always speculations so I am not worried about that," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to Page Six, the speculations about the romance caused a “feud” between Batula and Miller, who were particularly close in Season 10 of “Summer House.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Their speculations were purely abstract and theoretical; they applied to any possible world and not to our actual world.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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