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dead reckoning

noun

Definition of dead reckoning

as in theory

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Recent Examples of dead reckoning The principle is a very old and simple one called dead reckoning – a very basic skill used by tyro sailors and nuclear submarine commanders. — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025 But for longitude, navigators had to rely on dead reckoning that was subject to errors. — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 There is also straightforward dead reckoning and inertial navigation. — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021 The vehicle could still work out position updates using rotary encoders attached to its wheels—following a general strategy that sailors used for centuries, called dead reckoning. — Shaoshan Liu, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Feb. 2020

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Noun

One theory is that English and European voices provide an air of authority, even legitimacy, to a sport which, while embraced by millions in America, is still ‘foreign’, certainly when compared to NFL, baseball and basketball.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Speculation was rife; one unproven theory was that someone had heated the sensor with a hairdryer.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of theory

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To prevent speculation that drives up land price without actual construction, the zoning benefits would be granted only on submission of building-permit applications.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Since leaving Love Island USA, Nic and Olandria have faced speculation around the authenticity of their relationship, given their private nature.

— Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 22 July 2026

Definition of speculation

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His second-guessing doesn’t stanch his inner torrent of bile, which continues through dinner with Irène and her mother, and goes on for another fifteen pages of emotional hypotheticals and conditionals.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
With that in mind, let’s run through some of those hypotheticals that Zito will be facing — and has been facing — as free agency looms.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026

Definition of hypothetical

Noun

Purchase data confirmed a hypothesis that conventional epidemiology had to generate first, which is useful and which is a different job from finding the vendor.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
For a long time, our leading hypothesis was bullying and violence, but that may be a bit impractical, given their kingdoms are vast networks of tunnels that can stretch for up to three kilometers.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026

Definition of hypothesis

Noun

If outmoded office buildings end up becoming once again viable as office buildings, Berman’s thesis could end up becoming a casualty of its own transformational success.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Now, Infleqtion is moving to help anchor Chicago as the center of gravity for quantum computing in the United States, pairing technical progress with a commercialization thesis tied initially to energy infrastructure applications.

— Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of thesis

Noun

The Fenway faithful don’t like sell-offs and the guessing now is the Sawx hold onto Gray and Chapman and hope to get Crochet and Anthony back by mid-August to make a run at the Yankees.

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
His captain, Harry Kane, who lost in the semifinal of a World Cup for the second time in three tournament, was also not interested in second-guessing.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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