How to Use conspiracy theory in a Sentence

conspiracy theory

noun

• Conspiracy theories sprung up soon after the leader's assassination.
• People in this game can take any type of conspiracy theory and run with it.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• That includes a long line of conspiracy theories and his claim that a worm ate part of his brain.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
• But as far as conspiracy theories, there was nothing to hang your hat on.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• And the claim about bioweapons labs has been disproven as a conspiracy theory.
  — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• Now he’s been out-righted by the right with the conspiracy theory stuff.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 31 May 2025
• The idea, then, that the election was stolen is a wild conspiracy theory.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• This is where the conspiracy theories begin to grit their teeth.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
• Living with a conspiracy theory means thinking about this kind of thing all the time.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
• Let’s get that out of the way right now before the conspiracy theories start flying.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
• And conspiracy theories don’t need much to grow.
  — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• Alex Jones spread the conspiracy theory that the massacre had been a hoax.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2021
• It's also been dogged by conspiracy theories about his death.
  — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 Mar. 2026
• Even conspiracy theory was a neutral turn of phrase for many years—a piece of forensic jargon.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2021
• The fires have sparked an array of conspiracy theories about their origin.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• It was never handled that way, and that’s not a conspiracy theory.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
• Callis had thought a lot about the conspiracy theories.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
• Breest’s team has chalked up the argument to a conspiracy theory.
  — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
• The lawman's death has also been the source of conspiracy theories.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
• Have people been coming up with conspiracy theories about the play?
  — Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
• That’s not a conspiracy theory; that’s just common sense.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
• In earlier times, conspiracy theories took weeks or months to spread.
  — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
• Of course, many who were not months deep into the conspiracy theory found the report to be skeptical.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2022
• This is a real issue, no matter who raises it or who tries to dismiss it out of hand as a conspiracy theory.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2023
• And this is a real issue, no matter who raises it or who tries to dismiss it out of hand as a conspiracy theory.
  — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 23 Nov. 2020
• Such denials, of course, tend only to harden the views of those who believe this conspiracy theory.
  — oregonlive, 29 July 2021
• In Britain, the conspiracy theory led people to set fire to dozens of wireless towers last year.
  — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2021
• The killings have spawned conspiracy theories of coverups, hitmen and cops on gangbangers’ payrolls.
  — Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
• No one loves a travel conspiracy theory more than Mick Cronin.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026
• Those who only dabbled in the conspiracy theory may shrug and move on, Cohen said.
  — David Klepper, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021