as in assumes
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 speculates
While the wrestling world speculates about their potential match in December, both John Cena and GUNTHER face major challenges this Saturday at Crown Jewel.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
A lot to offer, a lot to prove Qualcomm’s CEO speculates that personal computers will see a grand shift towards AI workloads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Instead, Romańczyk speculates that endoscopists became so used to looking for the green box that when the technology was no longer there, the specialists did not have that cue to pay attention to certain areas.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
While multiple couples reportedly leave the show together, Reality Steve speculates that one couple gets engaged and may win the cash prize.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
A lot to offer, a lot to prove Qualcomm’s CEO speculates that personal computers will see a grand shift towards AI workloads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Instead, Romańczyk speculates that endoscopists became so used to looking for the green box that when the technology was no longer there, the specialists did not have that cue to pay attention to certain areas.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
While multiple couples reportedly leave the show together, Reality Steve speculates that one couple gets engaged and may win the cash prize.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculates
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This assumes the utility sees a demand of about 1,500 MW to supply data centers.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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Matty assumes the court will automatically apply the same protections to Dasha in the new case.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Paul Tan guesses it might be offered elsewhere with a range of diesel powertrains, and perhaps those will bring a bit more grunt.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Oct. 2025
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Mackay guesses the center will be able to begin enrolling officers’ children by mid-summer 2025.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Oct. 2025
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Leo’s fine, one supposes, as evil plantation owner Calvin Candie, but the role is not a natural fit for him.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first theory supposes that the Big Bang produced dense spots that didn’t collapse immediately.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Over time, as battery technology improves, Goldstein also thinks eVTOLs could become bigger.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Alabi, who is Nigerian, thinks about fragrance as a form of memory and ancestry.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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This premium valuation presumes that the company can maintain double-digit growth and margin expansion in the long term.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Alabi imagines someone moving through their day with MAJENYE—cold process soap in the morning, body oil after, roll-on fragrances at midday, then candles in the evening.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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His 2024 mixtape Underworld imagines what that would be like by morphing the sinister choir-drill popularized by guys like Ot7Quanny and Hood Tali P into full-on theatrical horrorcore.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
23 Oct. 2025
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Morgan correctly surmises that a misdelivered piece of mail was a move by the Game Master and not just a fuckup by the postal service.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the study, Ned correctly surmises that Colum riled Dougal up into beating Malcolm so that Colum could be seen as the cooler head/better leader.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Dan Kalmick, a former Huntington Beach councilman who holds an expertise in electrical and computer engineering, suspects the frequencies used by Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are getting interrupted by wireless internet service providers.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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Andrés López, an immigration attorney in Charlotte, suspects otherwise.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Speculates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculates. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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