unproved

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Recent Examples of unproved 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 The Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem, which is still widely used, instantly proved many of the results that had previously relied on the unproved generalized Riemann hypothesis. Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for unproved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproved
Adjective
  • With the Miami Heat taking a relatively young and unproven roster into this season, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has made one thing clear over the first few months of the schedule.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Some affected families chose unproven remedies like vitamins and cod-liver oil instead of measles shots.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The alleged person of interest was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and lighter pants, with their hands in their pocket and their face could not be seen.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The United States has imposed sanctions on Hernández Dala for alleged involvement in serious human rights violations.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Forecasting revenues over a 99-year period stretches credibility, as economic models typically lose reliability within five years, making century-long projections speculative at best.
    Michelle Grau, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Government lawyers urged the court to dismiss the case, arguing no specific plaintiff has faced deportation or visa revocation and that any harm is speculative.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Ever the fighter, Cuomo refused to drop out of the mayoral race after losing the primary, electing to run as a third party candidate in the hopes of rallying support from voters who saw Mamdani as too untested and too far left to govern effectively.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In California, lawmakers set testing and tracking requirements of rape kits after it was learned that many untested kits had been left on the shelves of police and sheriff’s offices for years.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • In December, locals crowded into a planning commission meeting, where a public hearing on the proposed rezoning was on the agenda, leading to the postponement of the event.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Four schools stand less than a mile away from the proposed State Sunlight/Long well pad.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
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
  • But that hypothetical reality is likely months away, at best.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In a hypothetical world where college athletes are unionized employees, the athletes’ union might negotiate better terms for some athletes—but that’s not reality and won’t be a reason for the Ninth Circuit to reverse Wilken.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2026

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“Unproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproved. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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