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Recent Examples of unproven
Marshall and Bonner have talent, but are raw and unproven NFL players, which is how this entire unit can be described.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
More practical encryption schemes avoided the need for in-person meetings but relied on unproven assumptions about the difficulty of certain math problems.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
What to do about Carter’s injury history and the still unproven track record against lefties?
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Boston needed to lean more on its young, unproven wings while Tatum recovered from Achilles surgery, and those players (Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez, Jordan Walsh) became a key part of the team’s relentless defensive identity.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
More practical encryption schemes avoided the need for in-person meetings but relied on unproven assumptions about the difficulty of certain math problems.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
What to do about Carter’s injury history and the still unproven track record against lefties?
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Boston needed to lean more on its young, unproven wings while Tatum recovered from Achilles surgery, and those players (Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez, Jordan Walsh) became a key part of the team’s relentless defensive identity.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
Adjective
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What’s thus far unproved — and the topic of fierce debate — is whether algorithms like ACE2 can keep up over the long term.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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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
Adjective
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At issue was whether Reed waited too long to file a lawsuit arguing that untested crime scene evidence could prove his innocence.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Mar. 2026
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The issue before the high court then was whether Reed, sentenced to death more than 25 years ago, waited too long to file his lawsuit claiming that untested crime-scene evidence would exonerate him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The alleged victim had been diagnosed with multiple medical conditions, including dementia, and was found to be cognitively impaired in 2024 during a mental health evaluation, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lopez, who pleaded not guilty, is the sole defendant out of several alleged co-conspirators still awaiting trial on the racketeering charges.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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These aren’t speculative ideas.—
Brian Barlow,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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While this move is largely speculative at present, the strategic importance of the Middle East to the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency should not be underestimated, according to Deutsche.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of posing questions about geography or world affairs, the test asked him to tackle hypothetical situations, from the frustrating to the dangerous.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Focus on the craft in front of you without thinking of its hypothetical audience.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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That statistic is somewhat conjectural, since the vast majority of rapes in India are apparently not reported.—
Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
7 Nov. 2023
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“Unproven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproven. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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