speculative
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“Traders continued to ramp up bearish bets against the Japanese yen, with speculative short exposure reaching fresh extremes,” the market analyst says, citing the latest Commitments of Traders positioning data from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
SpaceX has said it will use the money to "fuel its growth strategy" around rockets, satellites for its growing Starlink internet service, and AI, including speculative plans to build data centres in orbit.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told state TV that reports of an agreement were "speculative" and "nothing has been finalised".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The technology is still viewed as a speculative bet and likely will be for the foreseeable future, no matter how many companies go public.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The Voyager spacecraft are the lineal descendants of those sailing-ship voyages of exploration, and of the scientific and speculative tradition of Christiaan Huygens.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing speculative
Grade 9, List 1
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And Then There Were None
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