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conjectured

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verb

past tense of conjecture

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Recent Examples of conjectured
Verb
From there, Langlands conjectured the existence of a family of correspondences between objects, symmetries, and properties. Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 To be more precise, Erdős conjectured that the number of unit distances would be n^(1+o(1)). ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 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 Some legal observers have conjectured the 8th Circuit’s reversal of her injunction prompted her to stay her hand, over a concern that the appeals court would overrule her again. Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026 Some task force workers conjectured that the ease of use and convenience of a prepackaged device might prompt more folks to test their drugs, especially those who are younger. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjectured
Adjective
  • The teenager also described alleged abuse by Deutsch, telling investigators she was struck with objects including a paddle and shoes.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The charges stem from an alleged threat Duterte, 48, made during a 2024 online news conference.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Around 23,126 people died of alcohol-attributable cancer in 2023, up from 11,361 in 1990, according to the study, which estimated the deaths using a global database of disease mortality and population-level estimates of alcohol exposure.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Nigerians are on track to spend $34 billion on healthcare this year, nearly double the amount spent five years ago, a report by the Health Federation of Nigeria, a non-profit coalition of private sector providers, estimated.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Kuper even guessed Mannion could game plan and call a game just for rushing.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Each player secretly writes down a guess, and players who pick correctly gets points equal to the number of players who guessed correctly.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One more month of inflation data – September – must be known before a precise figure for the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits can be calculated and released.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The idea came from James Fishback, who calculated taxpaying households could receive $5,000 based on Musk’s stated goal of saving $2 trillion.
    Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Close relatives of Cabrera and Vela Gonzalez initially assumed ICE would clear up the issue.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The resulting knowledge could eventually contribute to long-duration space missions, where reliable food production would be essential but natural sunlight, soil and stable environmental conditions cannot be assumed.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The explosion targeting Ranucci occurred on the eighth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who wrote extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In Thembisa, a suburb of Johannesburg, rioters reportedly threw stones at police and suspected migrants, with witnesses saying sporadic gunfire was heard.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • About a month after Ewing was called up, the Philadelphia Phillies figured him out.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • August Chesner, a Lowell High School senior and marching band member, figured his tuba weighs about 20 pounds.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Conjectured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjectured. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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