unproved

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Recent Examples of unproved Berry recorded an impairment charge of $44 million related to unproved properties affected by California Senate Bill No. 1137, which restricts new drilling activities within 3,200 feet of sensitive receptors. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 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 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 See All Example Sentences for unproved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproved
Adjective
  • Trump last year tried to remove a sitting Fed governor, Lisa Cook, from the Fed’s powerful board, citing unproven allegations of mortgage fraud.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Last year’s opportunity was lost, but this season presents a clean slate, and new hope for him and most of Miami’s roster, which is filled with young, unproven starters and NFL journeymen looking to find solid footing with a team starting over, which is indeed the Dolphins.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Heat received this second-round selection from the Hornets to resolve a dispute over Rozier being under NBA and federal investigation over alleged gambling when Charlotte traded him to Miami in January 2024.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Sadness, shock, and anger manifested at a vigil in Mattapan Tuesday night, as the community prayed for the woman who was hit and killed during an alleged carjacker's reckless escape attempt last Saturday.
    Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • Every speculative boom eventually ends.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The next presidential election is more than two years away, but a speculative roster of names for both major parties has already emerged, with Newsom near the top of the list for the Democrats.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But Burnham’s policies in many areas are unknown and untested.
    Jill Lawless, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • But Burnham's policies in many areas are unknown and untested.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • Chapman said the proposed $3 hourly rate is consistent with rates in nearby cities.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
  • Monterey Park’s City Council had already banned data centers by ordinance, after a proposed 247,000-square-foot data center met an outpouring of public anger and concern.
    Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • The first two questions are too hypothetical and conjectural.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
  • Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • China has ratcheted up pressure on Tokyo after comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in November that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo, which drew criticism from Beijing.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 June 2026
  • The workshop’s facilitators posed a series of hypothetical adversarial actions, or vignettes, to the participants.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026

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“Unproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproved. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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