as in assumed
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 hypothesized
No letters from the period three or four years before this letter was written have survived, Sands said, pointing out this was a time when Austen wasn’t very productive, struggled with her family’s move to Bath and was perhaps depressed, as some critics have hypothesized.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that soft music has a relaxing effect, relieving the tension that makes carsickness worse, and joyful music might serve as distraction, activating the brain's reward systems.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
The venom from just one snail is hypothesized to have the potential to kill up to 700 humans, according to a report published in the National Library of Medicine.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
As the researchers hypothesized, these basic models started to fail catastrophically when asked to generalize novel sets of transformations that were not directly demonstrated in the training data.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Napoleon would have taken Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Geoffroy hypothesized, uniting the world under one ruler.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
In fact, a recent breakthrough from the International Brain Laboratory, a collaboration of 19 laboratories supported by the Simons Foundation, found that decision processes occur across many parts of the brain simultaneously and aren’t siloed in separate structures, as was previously hypothesized.
—Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
It’s been hypothesized that vitamin D and calcium supplements may facilitate weight loss.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
But to the researchers’ surprise, their survey revealed a second secret tunnel that experts had only hypothesized about for years.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that soft music has a relaxing effect, relieving the tension that makes carsickness worse, and joyful music might serve as distraction, activating the brain's reward systems.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
The venom from just one snail is hypothesized to have the potential to kill up to 700 humans, according to a report published in the National Library of Medicine.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
As the researchers hypothesized, these basic models started to fail catastrophically when asked to generalize novel sets of transformations that were not directly demonstrated in the training data.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Napoleon would have taken Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Geoffroy hypothesized, uniting the world under one ruler.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
In fact, a recent breakthrough from the International Brain Laboratory, a collaboration of 19 laboratories supported by the Simons Foundation, found that decision processes occur across many parts of the brain simultaneously and aren’t siloed in separate structures, as was previously hypothesized.
—Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
It’s been hypothesized that vitamin D and calcium supplements may facilitate weight loss.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
But to the researchers’ surprise, their survey revealed a second secret tunnel that experts had only hypothesized about for years.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypothesized
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The fire is assumed to have been sparked by lightning.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Normally, such readers are assumed to be older.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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General maintenance takes place every four years and was last carried out in 2022, Bogas said, adding that weekly and monthly maintenance and daily inspections are also carried out.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fraudulent pet listings are leaving victims emotionally devastated and financially drained, Dennis Horton, senior director of the Rockford Regional Office, said in the announcement.—
Abreanna Blose,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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But some analysts have worried about a disclosure from Nvidia that 44% of revenue from chip sales to data centers is derived from just two customers, presumed to be Microsoft and Meta Platforms.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The exact cause is also unknown, but it is believed to be related to inflammation in the facial nerve, potentially due to viral infections.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The cause of the fire is believed to be of natural origin.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Hypothesized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothesized. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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