hypothesizes

present tense third-person singular of hypothesize

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Recent Examples of hypothesizes The new study, however, hypothesizes that shell direction is not itself an adaptive response, but rather is an accidental marker of a significant evolutionary event that starts in a small subpopulation and then sweeps across vast ocean basins. Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026 The study hypothesizes that the supergiant reversion may trigger a cool-down period. Jay Kakade july 23, Refractor, 23 July 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
  • Thea Energy says Helios remains on track to begin operating in the 2030s.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Washington says economic pressure will help bring its war with Iran to an end.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Basic infrastructure, something everything else assumes is there and arguably closer to a right than a product.
    Satya Vandrangi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Hulu sports comedy stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a disgraced former college football star who assumes the fake identity of Chad Powers — donning prosthetics and all — to have a second chance at a football career.
    Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But this presumes a kind of psychological transparency that simply doesn’t hold up.
    Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The group presumes the deal would need approval from Chicago’s City Council as well.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Roach believes the perfect lead hook comes down to the timing.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • With a growing portion of the population born after the attacks, Spade believes preserving the individual stories has become more urgent.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And Pochettino, who was sacked by Tottenham in November 2019 without winning anything, thinks that his work should be viewed differently in that context.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Ancient critics could never quite agree on the direction of causality between Euripides’ formal excesses and the political decay of Athens around him — and Lichtenberg thinks that same ambiguity now surrounds AI.
    Aris Alexander, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Hypothesizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothesizes. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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