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unproved

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Recent Examples of unproved What Happens Next The lawsuit’s allegations are unproved, and no court has made findings on the merits. — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Rhetoric surrounding an audit of aid for Kyiv has amplified unproved accusations that Ukrainian officials have siphoned off cash intended for the war effort, and could undermine other requests for assistance. — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025 And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year. — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires. — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unproved

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Still, telehealth platforms marketing GLP-1s for addiction trouble some experts, who say this could cause fragmented care and potentially inappropriate prescriptions as researchers are still working to understand and vet the unproven treatments.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026
Before the defense initiative, the bank had moved away from taking startup stakes, which can be relatively risky bets on unproven technologies.

— Hugh Son, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of unproven

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In 2024 Max Read, director of civic innovation for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, identified seven such alleged outlets.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Officers were at the Walmart to respond to a call about an alleged shoplifting and encountered two people with a child fleeing from the store into a vehicle, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said at the time of the June 14 incident.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026

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Described as a speculative drama, the film moves between the traditional culture of the high Himalayas and a modern world shaped by technology.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Unlike the speculative internet startups that collapsed during the dot-com bust in 2000, many of today's leading technology companies have established businesses and genuine demand for their products.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of speculative

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There is nothing comparable to these laws in Alaska, however, and whether laws like this could prevent this type of thing in a federal election is still untested.

— Drew Kurlowski, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
Britain’s measures have also only recently been accepted, and their impact remains untested.

— Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of untested

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The proposed Department of Neighborhood Safety would send mental health professionals and other civilian responders to certain nonviolent 911 calls while absorbing the city’s existing violence prevention programs.

— Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026
The proposed 6,000-seat venue would be the second of its kind in the United States.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of proposed

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Amazon has a hypothetical $50 billion chip business and can offer a roadmap to immense profitability.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026
And there is still a hypothetical risk, election experts say, that the President could do something new and outlandishly lawless on or close to Election Day.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

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