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Recent Examples of unproven
The clearest red flags are unproven or invasive treatments — like stem cell therapy — and sweeping health claims tied to supplements, IV vitamin drips or biometric screenings that the science doesn’t yet support.
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Nadella knew that staking his company’s AI strategy on an unproven startup was risky.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 May 2026
Vanguard exists to hunt down wild, unproven chip architectures and test them against real-world national security workloads.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Some settlements involve unproven allegations, and full disclosure can create misleading impressions of liability.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Nadella knew that staking his company’s AI strategy on an unproven startup was risky.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 May 2026
Vanguard exists to hunt down wild, unproven chip architectures and test them against real-world national security workloads.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Some settlements involve unproven allegations, and full disclosure can create misleading impressions of liability.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
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But Starship still must demonstrate multiple unproved capabilities that are crucial to NASA’s plans—such as the in-space refueling, via multiple launches, that’s required for sending the vehicle out of low-Earth orbit to the moon.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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When gambling becomes the norm, taking risks in unproved investment channels start to look reasonable.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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But that compact is fragile and untested, and aspiring for a more equitable city will require us to expel the bad blood of the Eighties.—
Kevin Lozano,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Advocates say this could raise up to $500 million per year—assuming the untested tax does not prompt businesses to relocate to Maryland and Virginia.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Police added that there may be further victims due to the violent nature of the alleged crime.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Tuesday's protest came in response to the widespread detention of women and girls in Herat province in recent days by the Taliban's morality police force, for alleged violations of the group's rules on attire, which require women to cover their hair and faces.—
Ahmad Mukhtar,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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For many, the sell-off reads as a warning sign for speculative excess in the face of trillions of dollars in upcoming IPO issuance and the potential for rising interest rates.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
6 June 2026
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Men are more likely to consider speculative assets and are less afraid to lose money than their female counterparts.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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In that hypothetical version of events, he would now be considered a hero in Barcelona and Miami, but not necessarily in his home country.—
Kellis Robinett,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
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Primordial black holes remain undetected and therefore hypothetical.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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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
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The proposed test, which the ED plans to implement by July 1st, 2026, is designed to measure the financial return on investment of postgraduate degree programs.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The first two questions are too hypothetical and conjectural.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 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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“Unproven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproven. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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