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Recent Examples of unproven
And at the national level, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has at times downplayed the importance of vaccines and promoted unproven alternative treatments for measles.
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Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Pitching owners to invest in an unproven concept is often met with hesitancy.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Kennedy was confirmed to the role in a contentious Senate vote and has since promoted unproven and less effective measles treatments such as cod liver oil.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Even though Chapman was an unproven new artist, the label took a hands-off approach.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
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Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Pitching owners to invest in an unproven concept is often met with hesitancy.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Kennedy was confirmed to the role in a contentious Senate vote and has since promoted unproven and less effective measles treatments such as cod liver oil.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Even though Chapman was an unproven new artist, the label took a hands-off approach.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 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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This can skew critical processes if untested data assumptions go undetected.—
Tarun Eldho Alias,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Like most of Central America, Panama has not traditionally served as a destination for migrants or asylum-seekers, and its policies are relatively untested.—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Apr. 2025
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According to the indictment, Keesee committed the alleged acts of rape between May 2002 and November 2006.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Trump has threatened to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status after the university declined to comply with an order from the administration to crack down on alleged antisemitism.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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First, because our common narrative framework depends on the past, many people still consider warming through a speculative lens, failing to recognize the severity, and urgency, of superstorms and sea-level rise.—
Heather Hansman,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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But there was a definite hostage-video vibe to her appearances during the presidential campaign, giving students of body language a speculative field day.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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These aren’t hypothetical scenarios, but active use cases in pilot programs around the world.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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A lot was still hypothetical, imagined and hopeful about what could be.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 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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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 4 May. 2025.
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