speculative
Example Sentences
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The latest measures to support the currency were announced hours after authorities issued fresh verbal warnings against volatility in the forex market, citing speculative activity in NDF products.
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
“Increased speculative activity, particularly through call-option buying in technology stocks, has also helped push single-stock volatility higher,” LPL’s Turnquist wrote in a recent note to clients.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The letters of intent inked last month for IBM, D-Wave, and other quantum businesses are a resounding endorsement of a technology once dismissed as highly speculative.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The most speculative option involved element 94, that purportedly hyperfissionable substance discovered in Lawrence’s laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing speculative
Grade 9, List 1
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And Then There Were None
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