In a sentence
Six example sentences with speculation, each labelled with its topic.
Most of what the anchors said was speculation, since the company had announced nothing and nobody had seen the filing.
Finance
Trade-deadline speculation filled the sports channels for a week, and none of the rumored deals actually happened.
Basketball
Until the probe returns samples, everything said about the ice beneath that crust remains speculation dressed up in careful language.
Science
Casting speculation filled fan forums for months, though the studio had approached nobody and the script was unfinished.
Movies
Speculation about a cabinet reshuffle ran for weeks on nothing more than a minister's unexplained absence from one meeting.
Politics
Who lay in the unmarked tomb remained speculation for a century, until a ring bearing a crest settled the question.
History
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