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Recent Examples of unproved
The Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem, which is still widely used, instantly proved many of the results that had previously relied on the unproved generalized Riemann hypothesis.
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
Once again, the current Senate bill includes gifts—tax credits to these same fossil fuel companies for the unproved carbon capture and storage (CCS), more offshore oil and gas leases, and more pipeline guarantees for new fossil fuel leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022
McCarthy removed Swalwell, citing unproved claims that a Chinese spy had extracted information from him.
—Marianna Sotomayor, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
Tests that look at a child’s hair for toxic metal exposure also are not recommended, because this type of testing is scientifically unproved and often inaccurate.
—Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
Once again, the current Senate bill includes gifts—tax credits to these same fossil fuel companies for the unproved carbon capture and storage (CCS), more offshore oil and gas leases, and more pipeline guarantees for new fossil fuel leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022
McCarthy removed Swalwell, citing unproved claims that a Chinese spy had extracted information from him.
—Marianna Sotomayor, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
Tests that look at a child’s hair for toxic metal exposure also are not recommended, because this type of testing is scientifically unproved and often inaccurate.
—Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproved
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Many desperate families come forward with unproven remedies, and we were grouped in with them—just another set of parents believing in a miracle cure.—
Chase Malackowski,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Stock plummeted ~50% after NVIDIA’s CEO stressed quantum’s 20-year horizon, illustrating risk in overpaying for unproven near-term earnings.—
GuruFocus,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Part of that guessing comes from a gap in our knowledge; Mangione went off the grid in the months leading up to the alleged murder.—
Max Chapnick,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Of Pete Hegseth’s alleged behavior with women and in proximity to a bottle, much has been published.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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The two sides will stop fighting for 42 days, with the aim (again, speculative) of making that cease-fire permanent and ending the war.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The funding was made by California Jobs First as part of a larger pool of $600 million created by the state in 2021 to help create jobs and prevent a wave of property acquisitions by speculative investors.—
Pat Maio,
Orange County Register,
15 Jan. 2025
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Reality check: Where vaccine critics' arguments completely fall apart is in their assertions about safety issues, and the idea that any vaccines are untested, unmonitored drugs with overall negative health impacts.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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But during the 1990s, cities slashed funding for collecting rape evidence, and literal mold grew on Goddard’s invention, with hundreds of thousands of untested kits piling up.—
Cindi Leive,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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But the possible consequences of an Iranian nuclear capability are largely conjectural (save for one: nobody would think of invading Iran anymore).—
Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Sep. 2010
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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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Combating The Threat Clearly, GPS spoofing is no longer a hypothetical problem, nor one limited to far-off zones of conflict.—
Eric Updyke,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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These harms are inextricable from the idea of superintelligence, because experts do not currently know how to align these hypothetical systems with human values.—
Tharin Pillay,
TIME,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Unproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproved. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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