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Recent Examples of unproven
Clubs agitating over peak age and transfer values in the centre-forward market risk going too early on promising but unproven strikers and missing out on the glaringly obvious.
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Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 July 2025
But should the technology prove to be a bubble—AI products remain error-prone, extremely expensive to build, and unproven in many business applications—the Trump administration is more rapidly pushing us toward the bust.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Despite ongoing research, the existence of a definitive meteorite from Mercury remains unproven.
—Ben Rider-Stokes, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025
Abandoning a cash cow for an unproven idea is not a trivial undertaking.
—Zain Jaffer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 July 2025
But should the technology prove to be a bubble—AI products remain error-prone, extremely expensive to build, and unproven in many business applications—the Trump administration is more rapidly pushing us toward the bust.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Despite ongoing research, the existence of a definitive meteorite from Mercury remains unproven.
—Ben Rider-Stokes, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025
Abandoning a cash cow for an unproven idea is not a trivial undertaking.
—Zain Jaffer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
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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
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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
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One in seven pilots died in crashes, usually due to faulty, untested aircraft or poor visibility in changeable weather.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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But the move would be foolhardy for a largely untested navy.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
29 July 2025
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The alleged video portrayed her topless while performing at the previous evening's Hoosier Idol event, an annual state talent show and fundraiser, according to 24sightNews' reporting.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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Mora and his alleged accomplice, Christhian Aybar, 22, were also hit with assault, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and related offenses in an 11-count indictment unsealed in Manhattan Supreme Court.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Or a business model potentially based on selling unregistered securities in a highly volatile and speculative financial ecosystem.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Some studies suggest that rising global temperatures may intensify wind shear in jet streams, potentially leading to more frequent or severe clear-air turbulence, but this is still speculative.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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In Baltimore County, this hypothetical is even worse.—
John Hohman,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Aug. 2025
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Peltola, meanwhile, held a lead over Republican candidates in a hypothetical poll of the governor race.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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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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But the possible consequences of an Iranian nuclear capability are largely conjectural (save for one: nobody would think of invading Iran anymore).—
Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Sep. 2010
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“Unproven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproven. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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