How to Use conspiracy theory in a Sentence

conspiracy theory

noun
  • Conspiracy theories sprung up soon after the leader's assassination.
  • And the claim about bioweapons labs has been disproven as a conspiracy theory.
    Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • Part of it is so many people are watching so many YouTube videos and going so crazy with conspiracy theories.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The fires have sparked an array of conspiracy theories about their origin.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Hey, there’s always the conspiracy theory that RM has a secret second album on the way.
    Vulture, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But that was a whole 12 months ago, and in the time since, Musk has continued to welcome fringe far-right views to X and endorsed troubling conspiracy theories himself.
    Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Tangent Right-wing provocateurs have spread a string of conspiracy theories about the reason for the bridge collapse.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This is a real issue, no matter who raises it or who tries to dismiss it out of hand as a conspiracy theory.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Rule 53 could become the Area 51 of Trumpism—a zone where conspiracy theories flourish.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • But populists’ use of xenophobia and conspiracy theories can turn that idea on its head.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024
  • What’s more, the conspiracy theory suggests, the entire crash was an insurance scam gone wrong.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The nature of the disaster, and the chaos and information void in the aftermath, lent itself to rumor and conspiracy theories.
    Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Emma Roberts is poking fun at an online conspiracy theory that her friend Lea Michele cannot read.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Fear of the Covid-19 vaccine has spurred anti-vax sentiments across the country and conspiracy theories are likely to blame for much of the resistance to the shot, NPR reported.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The cocktails are a nod to a conspiracy theories, and the menu includes offerings such as goat cheese & pesto dip, cauliflower lettuce wraps and Cuban sliders.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Now a suit filed in June by a Wisconsin man who promotes conspiracy theories about election fraud seeks her removal from the commission.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The site has become a go-to for far-right web operators who were kicked off the major social media and tech companies for spreading the QAnon conspiracy theory.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The most durable challenge for Lula may come from the die-hard bolsonaristas, who are emboldened by the same brand of conspiracy theory that fueled Sunday’s mob.
    Marina Dias, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Experts say what was once a conspiracy theory found in the internet's underbelly has now hit the mainstream.
    CBS News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Experts say what was once a conspiracy theory found in the internet’s underbelly has now hit the mainstream.
    Time, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But as the days drew into weeks, the rumor mill swirled — with conspiracy theories growing deeper and wilder — about what was keeping such a prominent member of the royal family out of view.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • But the right really loves its own conspiracy theories.
    Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • So fear not, trolls of far-right social media and believers of MAGA conspiracy theories.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And there was the main character, Mr. Barreto, a California transplant with a knack for wild conspiracy theories.
    Matthew Haag, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Kent Nishimura There's been no evidence to suggest the conspiracy theory claiming Epps was some sort of plant working for the government who was used as part of a plot to turn the Jan. 6 protests violent is accurate.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And largely because of the conspiracy theories that stem from the 2020 presidential election.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • The conspiracy theory that wasn’t Since the pandemic began, many have criticized China for a lack of transparency.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The belief that a new Trump administration would help set off a series of events leading to the arrests and executions of prominent Democrats and celebrities is a tenet of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
    Michael Williams, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • Enlarge Martin Wimmer Off the Edge is not a book about conspiracy theories, exactly.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Mail ballots have been the central villain in Trump’s conspiracy theory — disproved in court cases and investigations — that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023

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