dead reckonings

noun

plural of dead reckoning
as in speculations

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  1. speculations
  2. theories
  3. hypotheses
  4. theses
  5. guesswork
Noun
  • These speculations are put to rest by the child, who says, ‘No!
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Griffin has encouraged these speculations.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of speculations
Noun
  • Forget all the theories and commentaries, Homer seems to say.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • Yet the president often relies on theories that independent reviews long ago discredited.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of theories
Noun
  • There’s a new generation of drugs about to hit the market that didn’t originate with elegant hypotheses, but rather from brute-force analyses of massive datasets.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • This means that some of the hypotheses for how magnetoreception operates – for instance, through light-sensitive cryptochromes in the eyes – are not well supported by our results.
    — Laura Russo, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Definition of hypotheses
Noun
  • As those expectations reset and the market got more comfortable that the theses were unchanged, both stocks and the broader AI group rebounded some from their earlier lows, pushing the S & P 500 firmly into the green.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • Over the years, many students at the ILLS have written their theses about the strange phenomena surrounding Cubs losing streaks.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Definition of theses
Noun
  • Labeling containers with the date they were stored takes the guesswork out of deciding whether something is still good to eat.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026
  • And voila—no more guesswork and stress about when and how much to water.
    — Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2026
Definition of guesswork
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