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to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
if we hypothesize that current population trends continue for the next 50 years
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Recent Examples of hypothesize
The researchers hypothesized that left- and mixed-handedness could be associated with diseases that occur very early in life, because the dominant hand is determined at a very early age – possibly even before birth.
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Experts hypothesize that the root cause is a loss of specialized neurons involved in coordinated movement, namely Purkinje cells and omnipause cells.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
The team hypothesizes that this ability to eat almost anything was behind their success, while so many other groups went extinct.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
This behavior, hypothesized to help mimic male coloration, could encourage males to avoid seducing uninterested females.
—Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Experts hypothesize that the root cause is a loss of specialized neurons involved in coordinated movement, namely Purkinje cells and omnipause cells.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
The team hypothesizes that this ability to eat almost anything was behind their success, while so many other groups went extinct.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
This behavior, hypothesized to help mimic male coloration, could encourage males to avoid seducing uninterested females.
—Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypothesize
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Another victim was also found dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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Officer and firefighters responded to a missing child in the area near 2401 Preston Road around 9 p.m., Frisco police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 June 2025
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O’Connell and quarterbacks coach Josh McCown agreed this spring not to assume anything with McCarthy.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The industry assumes engine testing has to happen in remote areas.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Bringing Parsimony To Web Scraping The principle of parsimony, also known as Ockham's razor, says not to presume too much when fewer presumptions are enough to explain something.—
Julius Černiauskas,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Another Bedford soldier was killed elsewhere on Omaha Beach, and three others were presumed killed in action, bringing Bedford’s D-Day fatality figure to 20 men.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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The teen is believed to be from the Upper East Side, WABC Eyewitness News reported.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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PwC’s 2023 Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey found that 39% of workers believe their job will be obsolete within five years, yet only 26% say their employer is supporting them to acquire new skills.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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One mother thought she was headed to Washington, D.C.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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These studies were also really an investigation of color, thinking of the way graphic scores can work and trying to convey a mood or tone through color theory.—
Caitlin Woolsey,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Hypothesize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothesize. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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