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Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets.
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Conger theorizes instead that Block way over-hired by more than doubling its workforce since 2019.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Huntington theorized that waves of democratization would make the world democratic gradually.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
That idea was put forth way back in 1929 by Fritz Zwicky, the same Fritz Zwicky who coined the term supernova and was the first to theorize the existence of dark matter.
—Big Think, 6 Mar. 2026
The idea was proposed in 1948 by Princeton chemist Walter Kauzmann, who theorized that cooling glass far enough could eventually produce a perfectly stable amorphous structure where molecules are packed as tightly as possible.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Huntington theorized that waves of democratization would make the world democratic gradually.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
That idea was put forth way back in 1929 by Fritz Zwicky, the same Fritz Zwicky who coined the term supernova and was the first to theorize the existence of dark matter.
—Big Think, 6 Mar. 2026
The idea was proposed in 1948 by Princeton chemist Walter Kauzmann, who theorized that cooling glass far enough could eventually produce a perfectly stable amorphous structure where molecules are packed as tightly as possible.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Theorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorize. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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theorize
verb
the·o·rize
ˈthē-ə-ˌrīz 
theorized; theorizing
: to form a theory : speculate
theorizer
noun
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