unproved

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Recent Examples of unproved The federal government is, in effect, suddenly being run like an A.I. startup; Musk, an unelected billionaire, a maestro of flying cars and trips to Mars, has made the United States of America his grandest test case yet for an unproved and unregulated new technology. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 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 Carlson promoted the unproved theory that the FBI instigated the riots in a documentary that was shown on the Fox Nation streaming service. Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for unproved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproved
Adjective
  • For months, the Alabama product has lived in that volatile middle ground as a prospect too talented to ignore, too unproven to fully trust.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • These tax credits are not being thrown at an unproven event.
    Noah Smith, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Holding commanders to account for alleged misconduct of Australian special forces between 2005 and 2016 had been recommended in the war crime investigation report made public in 2020.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Altercations in or around vehicles have been a steady symbol of the administration’s immigration crackdown, including car crashes between federal agents and people who try to flee, traffic stops turned violent and alleged rammings involving pro-immigrant activists.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The film’s speculative elements — monoliths accelerating human evolution — were philosophical rather than scientific.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Another attraction to American investors is the English game’s financial chaos, itself exacerbated by the speculative frenzy and dire stakes inherent in promotion/relegation.
    Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This is no time to experiment with the untested deep thoughts of do-gooders who couldn’t find Roseland, Englewood or Humboldt Park without GPS.
    Tim Egan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In the McLeod family, a young man in his 30s who went untested recently died of cancer, Guilford said.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But Melanson said that the proposed seven-day data retention period in the bill does not give them enough time to investigate and solve crimes.
    Sara Bedigian, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The proposed route, once envisioned as stretching 15 miles, has been shortened and reconfigured, and could roll out by 2032.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • That statistic is somewhat conjectural, since the vast majority of rapes in India are apparently not reported.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • The anxiety is no longer hypothetical.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Summit County Commissioner Eric Mamula warned that the concern is no longer hypothetical.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Unproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproved. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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