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verb

past tense of conjecture

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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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Johannes Kepler, the German polymath famous for his laws of planetary motion, conjectured that this arrangement was optimal back in 1611. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 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 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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Polish police confirmed to ABC News that the three people found dead in the alleged attacker’s apartment in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski were his 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and 21-year-old sister.

— Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
More problematic is the long history of alleged involvement of deputy gangs in violence, intimidation and other potentially criminal behavior.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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Generally, taxpayers can avoid an underpayment penalty if their withholding and estimated payments equal at least 90% of the current year's tax liability or 100% of the prior year's tax liability.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is reeling from an outbreak of Ebola that is estimated to have killed nearly 5,400 people.

— Anthony W. Gambino, Time, 13 Nov. 2026

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Wood anyone have guessed that Colin Jost and Michael Che are Swifties?

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Monahan did more digging and found out there were three adult brothers living in Boston who could have owned the canns, and DeAngelis guessed that they were made before Henry Vassall’s death in 1769.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of guessed

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The way the annual cost-of-living adjustments are calculated would also change, leaning on the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly, or CPI-E, which is intended to more closely reflect seniors' spending patterns.

— Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026
The defense calculated an advisory sentencing range of 18 to 24 months but sought a shorter prison term, citing Enriquez’s personal circumstances, need for treatment and lack of violent history.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026

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Riverside County Sheriff's Office Investigators with RSO's Central Homicide Unit assumed the investigation and determined that 34-year-old Brea resident Daniel Grossman was a suspect in the shooting.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Some assumed her husband was jealous, which was not the case.

— William Earl, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of assumed

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So this figured to be a different game than what was planned, with the Wolverines shorthanded on the bench and UConn having to function without its best player.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2026
She’s figured centrally in the government’s efforts to find and prosecute noncitizen voters.

— Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026

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