as in to speculate
to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something
Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets.
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Some theorize the change comes after Trump administration agencies arrested numerous pro-Palestinian campus activists this spring with a plan to deport them based on Secretary Marco Rubio’s determination these individuals are a threat to the country’s foreign policy.
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 23 June 2025
The study’s authors theorize that some of the tools were initially utilized for jobs like chiseling.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025
Members of the team working on all-topographic neural networks theorized that their approach would result in more humanlike machine vision.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2025
The findings also led Huh to theorize that in texts between people, emoji may not only serve as expressive devices, but also as signals of attentiveness and emotional engagement.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 3 July 2025
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 23 June 2025
The study’s authors theorize that some of the tools were initially utilized for jobs like chiseling.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025
Members of the team working on all-topographic neural networks theorized that their approach would result in more humanlike machine vision.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2025
The findings also led Huh to theorize that in texts between people, emoji may not only serve as expressive devices, but also as signals of attentiveness and emotional engagement.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorize
speculate
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Other media reports speculate the number of drownings could be closer to a dozen, as of 2017.—
Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
24 July 2025
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Fans online speculate that each time Paytas gives birth a celebrity dies and is reincarnated as her child.—
Annabelle Canela,
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24 July 2025
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“Theorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theorize. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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