speculate (about)

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Verb
  • The model can also reason through tasks, including verifying outputs and pulling in external information.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The model is described as small and fast by design, yet capable enough to reason through complex questions in science, math and health.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There is the lamb-like dreamer, Wesley So, and the trollish Hikaru Nakamura, who believes that his unprecedented success as a streamer has secured him a greater legacy than any prestigious chess title would.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The University of Massachusetts poll, fielded among 1,000 Americans, found 74% believe there are more things uniting them than dividing them.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Chief Deputy Medical Examiner Jonathan Lucas concluded that Patton’s death was an accident caused by acute bacterial bronchopneumonia complicated by influenza A, with substance use disorder and the effects of methadone listed as contributing factors.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The Vikings could target him as an undrafted signing to bolster a defensive backs group that should look far different when the draft concludes.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Speculate (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculate%20%28about%29. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.

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