as in guess
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
the many conjectures about the true identity of Jack the Ripper
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as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
he conjectured that the theater could seat 1000 people more or less
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as in to guess
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
you're only conjecturing that he was the culprit
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Recent Examples of conjecture
Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
But as this issue shows, science can make our world turn upside down, whether because of a qubit, a conjecture, a moonshot or a map of 2,000-year-old roads.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
The look is cool, but since there’s nothing to listen or connect it to, its significance is left to conjecture.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
As part of the effort to prove these conjectures, Grothendieck proposed his notion of a scheme.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
But as this issue shows, science can make our world turn upside down, whether because of a qubit, a conjecture, a moonshot or a map of 2,000-year-old roads.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Verb
Mathematicians are still working out the consequences of the theorem, which was originally conjectured by Louis Mordell in 1922.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
The look is cool, but since there’s nothing to listen or connect it to, its significance is left to conjecture.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjecture
Noun
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Use these clues to narrow down your guesses.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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My guess is that the Knicks will go at least six games with either the Thunder or Spurs.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Verb
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In Dnipro, the death toll was estimated to be 16, with over 40 people sustaining injuries, said regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Authorities estimate the passageway extended roughly 1,933 feet, reaching depths of about 55 feet underground and standing as tall as 4½ feet in some sections.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Stankoven, a few months away from assuming a larger place of prominence in Carolina’s lineup as second-line center, took notes.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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But public‑private agreements are routinely renegotiated when financial conditions change, and asking the Padres to assume more expenses is an appropriate, good‑faith request.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Even a middle school student would perceive a stark difference between someone who voices a bogus theory and someone who acts on it.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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In theory, that should be a straightforward fix.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
Verb
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Both her audition and her callback had fallen flat, but the company must have figured that casting an amateur from hard-luck Butte as Lucetta would make good press.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Rather than merely a stylish shot of Charli, the photograph by Aidan Zamiri figures musician John Cale, fashion designer Marc Jacobs, and film director Martin Scorsese, three men who in some capacity epitomize their respective fields.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Those marching orders left opponents and free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees were supposed to put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, Jim Crow laws and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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What was supposed to be a routine practice quickly became a staggering disaster.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
29 May 2026
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This is essentially a way to calculate the lowest rate that workers will accept, and the highest rate consumers will accept.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Ask the vendor to show how a complex margin scenario is calculated, and what happens when the LLM produces an incorrect result.—
Raju Malhotra,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Toney’s high school coach Mike Smith, who has developed more than his share of five-star recruits, including Patrick Surtain, Sony Michel and Brian Burns, suspects Toney didn’t get his due from the ranking systems because they’re based heavily on measurables.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Authorities suspect that the cooling system responsible for maintaining the temperature of the tank filled with methyl methacrylate, or MMA, failed.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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“Conjecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjecture. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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