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verb

past tense of conjecture

as in estimated

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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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 conjectured

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In 1989, the physicist John Cardy conjectured that this is an inviolable rule that any quantum field theory must follow. — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 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

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This alleged decision came after his agent Jorge Mendes met with Sporting Director on Thursday, and head coach Hansi Flick made comments at a prematch press conference which seemed to question the left back’s commitment.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Trump, meanwhile, has suggested that alleged election integrity problems will be the culprit if Republicans lose.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Each Russian Shahed-Geran strike drone is estimated to cost between $20,000 and $50,000, according to various estimates by analysts.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
And the Congressional Budget Office estimated earlier this week that the annual gap between government revenue and spending would top $2 trillion this year, a remarkable number outside of recessions.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of estimated

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One person in the audience counted seven bidders and guessed that anyone serious about winning would have been advised to go way, way above the estimate.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
Abdeen guessed that they were drawn to the familiar symbols that the Masons borrowed from what the French had dubbed the Orient, such as the tarboosh, a brimless and tasselled hat.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

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The San Francisco-San Mateo region and the East Bay each lost 1,700 tech jobs, while Marin and Sonoma counties each shed 100, Beacon calculated.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
It is generally calculated as enterprise value divided by the dollar value of a company's digital asset holdings, with enterprise value including market capitalization plus debt and preferred equity.

— Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of calculated

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At the extreme upper end, the study found that a maximum possible prevalence of CTE — if researchers assumed that every former football player had CTE except for the 20 whose brains had definitively been cleared of a diagnosis — was around 97%.

— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Taylor has quickly assumed a leadership role, with her coach using her as an example of expectations.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of assumed

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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

Definition of suspected

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Russell was told to move over for Antonelli on lap 65 as Mercedes figured the young championship leader had a better chance of beating Norris’ McLaren.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Cowing figured to be this season’s front-runner to replace Skyy Moore, who left in free agency for Green Bay.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

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