unproven

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Recent Examples of unproven The list includes unproven substances that have become increasingly popular among wellness influencers and athletes. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026 For example, both HLS landers are unproven. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026 Proponents claim many more benefits of using a vibration platform machine, though most benefits are unproven scientifically. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 After Wilson, there are unproven options in Adonai Mitchell, Arian Smith and Isaiah Williams. Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unproven
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • For years, the LAPD struggled to clear a decades-old backlog of untested rape kits that at one point ballooned in number to more than 6,100.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Fox, Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper is largely untested in the spring.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Earle also seemed to hint at an alleged feud in August 2025 with another pointed comment on TikTok.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • One of the alleged victims, 95-year-old Angela Liriano, said she was left without money for food after her benefits disappeared.
    Abby Dodge, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Without that information, conclusions about feasibility are at best speculative.
    Charles Rilli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • When speculative trades piled in, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia were forced to abandon their currency pegs, triggering cascading defaults and deep economic contractions that were worsened by International Monetary Fund austerity programs.
    Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, in a hypothetical scenario where total damages equal $100,000, if a court or insurance company determines the injured party was 10% at fault for the crash, the final award would be reduced by that percentage, or $10,000.
    William Jones, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This prospect may not be merely hypothetical, as United Airlines and American Airlines have reportedly discussed merging into one company.
    Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The proposed clinic would be developed in partnership with the Independence Blue Cross Foundation.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • 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 21 Apr. 2026.

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