as in guessed
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place
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Recent Examples of speculated
Laurence reported on experiments with uranium-235 at Columbia University and speculated about nuclear research going on in Germany.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In five games this year, Jones has thrown for 1,404 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions, and some have speculated that there could be a brewing quarterback controversy in the Bay.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Some experts have already speculated that if the 39 percent levy sticks, brands might instate a temporary hiatus in the American market.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, it’s also been speculated Bezos made the move to Miami to avoid paying a capital gains tax.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
After Season 2 debuted, Zendaya speculated about what the follow-up might entail.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Or the Sharks, as has been speculated, could trade a defenseman — likely one on an expiring contract — to solve the logjam.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Thad Levine, who has ties to the Rockies, has been speculated as a possible candidate, but he’s not known to have interviewed with them.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
It’s been speculated Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk fired Callahan this week to sidestep the embarrassment of Vrabel schooling his successor Sunday.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In five games this year, Jones has thrown for 1,404 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions, and some have speculated that there could be a brewing quarterback controversy in the Bay.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Some experts have already speculated that if the 39 percent levy sticks, brands might instate a temporary hiatus in the American market.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, it’s also been speculated Bezos made the move to Miami to avoid paying a capital gains tax.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
After Season 2 debuted, Zendaya speculated about what the follow-up might entail.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Or the Sharks, as has been speculated, could trade a defenseman — likely one on an expiring contract — to solve the logjam.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Thad Levine, who has ties to the Rockies, has been speculated as a possible candidate, but he’s not known to have interviewed with them.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
It’s been speculated Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk fired Callahan this week to sidestep the embarrassment of Vrabel schooling his successor Sunday.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculated
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Nelson may have guessed correctly on the president digging his heels into tariffs seven years on from his first term, but the taxes may not be around for much longer.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some of you might have guessed.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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Khaled assumed he was being moved to yet another prison, until he was taken to a place called Ward A.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some suspected a secret government weapons test, or a bomb planted in a plot to mine diamonds under the lake, while others heard tales of old witches turning into savannah buffalo and plunging into the lake.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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These problems, which many of us suspected were issues coming into this season, can’t be argued based on the team’s 1-6 start, and how this 2025 rendition of South Florida’s NFL franchise has performed in those seven games.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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So, my vocal cords, they’re supposed to look parallel.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As gutting as that was, the team received uplifting news on each player Monday indicating that neither injury was as serious as initially thought.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Five years on, and somehow, the American economy has not only avoided a contraction but has managed to grow—an outcome many investors thought impossible.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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If politicians were denied their pay, many surmised, the shutdown would wrap up quickly.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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In fact, some investigators hired by media outlets have surmised that McDermott faked his own death and is still alive somewhere in Mexico.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In addition, there is the servant Smerdyakov, presumed to be the illegitimate child of Fyodor and the intellectually disabled Lizaveta, nicknamed Stinking Lizaveta.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Another returned set of remains didn’t match any of those who were presumed to have been taken hostage, Israel said last week.—
Tom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
21 Oct. 2025
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