speculative
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A furious chip-stock rally is back on, and the gains are spreading to speculative shares in quantum-computing and space companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Chinese officials could be worried about speculative fervor, Michael Hirson and Houze Song, analysts at 22V Research, said in a note to clients.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
But those same analyses also made clear how speculative the idea was: within general relativity, such a journey is forbidden.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
However, the near-200% gain in the Kospi index over the last 12 months has attracted a large number of speculative investors.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
For most workers, the only time in the last three decades when the rise in hourly pay beat inflation was during the speculative bubble of the 1990s.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
Vocabulary lists containing speculative
Grade 9, List 1
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