speculative
Example Sentences
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That compares with 476 in the speculative bull market of 1999, said Rabe.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
South Korean officials said over the weekend that they stood ready to intervene to curb excessive volatility and speculative trading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
This does not mean that companies doing seedy, speculative things won’t be included in the S&P 500.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Historically, that conservative approach was seen as prudent, protecting investors from speculative excess and ensuring that index constituents demonstrated operational viability before gaining access to trillions of dollars of public capital flows.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Jorge Borges, in his recent bestiary of mythical creatures, notes that the idea of round beasts was imagined by many speculative minds, and Johannes Kepler once argued that the earth itself is such a being.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing speculative
Grade 9, List 1
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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And Then There Were None
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