SPECULATE (ABOUT) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

speculate (about)

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Definition of speculate (about)

as in to fixate (on or upon)

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However, the district reasoned that Santa Fe’s site would be able to deliver a safer and more modern building due to the property’s acreage and access points.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Sher reasoned that Mountjoy had to make up his mind — stay in the Assembly or move to the Senate.

— Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of reason

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Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday in a post on X that the Polish army recovered what was believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the coastal village of Jaroslawiec.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Many believe that the reason the good opportunities have seemingly disappeared is because the market is too crowded.

— Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of believe

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Your essay concludes with a reflection on the financial difficulties that come with working in print journalism.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
German officials said police findings, intelligence information and the methods used in the attack led Berlin to conclude Russia was responsible.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of conclude

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The teachers scanned their work and used AI to analyze how their handwriting could improve.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
By analyzing more than 25,000 volcanic rocks, a new study finds that Gondwana likely accounted for around 80 percent of total global land area around 500 million years ago.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

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