speculative

Example Sentences

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At that time he warned that he could see a plausible scenario where the S&P 500 lost ground for the year, and that speculative stocks could be the canary in the coal mine.

From Barron's

Arizona's Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a statement on X: "There is no date or timestamp associated with these images. Therefore any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative."

From BBC

“There is no date or time stamp associated with these images. Therefore, any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative.”

From Los Angeles Times

Since the start of the year, institutional investors have been rotating away from speculative, high-growth assets into other areas of the market, like defensive stock sectors and metals.

From MarketWatch

But researchers said any benefits of the test "remain speculative" until it was proven to save lives and the NHS said it was looking at the results "carefully".

From BBC