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Six example sentences with speculate, each labelled with its topic.
With no complete skull yet found, palaeontologists can only speculate about how the animal supported its enormous head.
Science
Fans still speculate about what the final shot means, and the director has refused for thirty years to settle it.
Movies
Historians speculate that the fire began in a bakery, but the parish records for that week were themselves burned.
History
Fans speculated for weeks about where the free agent would sign, reading meaning into every restaurant he was photographed in.
Basketball
With no announcement from the palace, reporters could only speculate about who would be named to the vacant ministry.
Politics
Bloggers speculate every autumn about the next phone's features, and the company confirms nothing until the day of the event.
Technology
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Found in 4 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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