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Example sentences for: speculation

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But both stories are quickly forced into speculation mode because the White House didn't give out any crunchable details.
The New York Times cited speculation that Bush was concerned about "renewed charges by many Democrats that he was soft on guns."
The paraphyletic arsC sequences in the non-enteric γ-Proteobacteria likewise may have arisen from HGT events, although the difficulty in resolving the affiliation of some of these sequences makes speculation about their evolution premature.
The object of considerable media speculation following 9/11, he lives now in Saudi Arabia, well aware of his notoriety.
boffo The only speculation about its etymology cited is Merriam-Webster's 12,000 Words: “from boffola, a `belly-laugh,' which in turn comes from boff, a `belly-laugh,' `gag,' `hit,' perhaps based on `box office.