hypothesizes

present tense third-person singular of hypothesize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hypothesizes The study hypothesizes that the supergiant reversion may trigger a cool-down period. Jay Kakade july 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026 The team hypothesizes that the bats anchored themselves to landmarks in their environment, such as the coastline, the experimenters’ tents, and their perches. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026 If flooding corn was theoretically outlawed, Cohen hypothesizes that mallards would probably move more frequently and fly farther distances locally. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Jan. 2026 The paper hypothesizes that the ink persistence and the macrophage death could affect the capacity of these cells to control the spread of pathogenic viruses and bacteria. Jay Kakade december 20, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2025 Although the study did not examine why people who were exposed to fluoridation had higher test scores in high school, Warren hypothesizes that having better dental health as a result of fluoride may have meant those individuals were less likely to be absent from school because of illness. Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025 While there isn’t one specific answer as to the newfound interest in the pelvic floor, Boyles hypothesizes that a longstanding stigma associated with pelvic floor issues, such as incontinence, is fading away. Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025 Overall, Christopher hypothesizes that the difference in outcomes varied because more active athletes stayed stronger than those who had to — or chose to — decrease their activity. Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 The team hypothesizes that natural uterine contractions could influence implantation in vivo, highlighting the dynamic interaction between embryo and uterus. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypothesizes
Verb
  • It was instead caused by cold air plummeting to the ground from the upper levels of a passing thunderstorm, experts says.
    Mark Price July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • And Brooks says that there’s actually more to the story, because a few weeks earlier Shai had said that Ariana was looking particularly cute.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Every layer of the stack assumes shopping is scarce and expensive.
    Abhinav Sinha, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The report assumes that similar gangs are operating on the same scale everywhere—even in places where no such activity has ever surfaced.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • One presumes that this parent is also constantly looking at her phone.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
  • This presumes that their athletic ability would translate onto the soccer pitch.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Tyson said the State Board believes the county’s elections remain secure and that voters should not be concerned.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
  • Harvick, who on May 19th was named to the latest class in the NASCAR Hall Of Fame and will be inducted next January, believes his first Brickyard 400 win on August 3, 2003, served as the launching pad to his Hall of Fame career.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • With demand exceeding supply, Pajjuri thinks the company can prioritize higher-value server CPUs, improving product mix while also gaining more pricing power because customers have fewer options.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • One way midfielder Zorhan Bassong thinks Sporting can avoid those long spells of getting lost in the game is through repetition of situations during training — almost for the sake of repetition.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

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“Hypothesizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothesizes. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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