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conjectured

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verb

past tense of conjecture

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Recent Examples of conjectured
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjectured
Adjective
  • Trump and his allies have also sued several media organizations, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and BBC News, over alleged biases or inaccuracies in their reporting.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Geragos' motion comes days after another one of the men named in the civil suit filed a request in Albany State Supreme Court seeking James's removal, also citing alleged bias.
    — James Cirrone , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Vatican had originally estimated a weeklong hospital stay, and had canceled his audiences through Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It’s estimated an additional $37 billion will flow to the philanthropy sector annually.
    — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At that same Screentime event, anyone reading between the lines might have guessed that Sarandos was getting antsy with Netflix’s current low-growth status.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The security technology ditches the old-school password, which can easily be stolen or guessed.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Comparing households aged 72 and older in 2022 with those aged 75 and older in 2025, Maggiulli calculated a smaller—but still substantial—21% increase.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It is calculated as a weighted average of atomic clocks worldwide and is communicated by BIPM, the official source for UTC.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Bloomsbury Publishing, which assumed control of the book after merging with Bourne’s previous publisher, returned the rights to the author.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Industry Has Already Faced This Problem Industrial automation has never assumed that instruments, controllers or operators will always behave correctly.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Peskov has referred all questions to Rospotrebnadzor, which does not mention suspected plague in its reports.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the surveillance system creates an evidence trail that her office can use to prosecute suspected criminals.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Eventually, Universal figured the field in supporting was open enough to allow both contenders to co-exist.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Ahead of Sunday’s matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, the Las Vegas Raiders showed all the signs of a franchise that had, at long last, figured it out.
    — Pete Sweeney October 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Conjectured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjectured. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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