as in guess
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
the many conjectures about the true identity of Jack the Ripper
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as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
he conjectured that the theater could seat 1000 people more or less
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as in to guess
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
you're only conjecturing that he was the culprit
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Recent Examples of conjecture
Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
There is no need to do the math on Olney’s conjecture.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
Others conjecture that if Love goes down, the Packers should just mail in the season.
—Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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Noun
There are no playoffs or Super Bowl for the 49ers this year, with their news cycle dominated instead by conjecture over how many zeroes to put at the end of a contract extension for the quarterback who fell into their lap in 2022.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
There is no need to do the math on Olney’s conjecture.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
In 1859, Bernhard Riemann conjectured that all the zeros are concentrated on two lines.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
Others conjecture that if Love goes down, the Packers should just mail in the season.
—Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjecture
Noun
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Today’s average difficulty is 4.2 guesses out of 6, or moderately challenging.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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And your first guess would probably be that he was set in his ways and forced to interact with someone younger who saw the world quite differently.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2025
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White, who is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, has long been friends with Trump and last year became a big donor to Trump's presidential campaign.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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For instance, in one case, an attorney who initially estimated medical expenses at 2x through his manual review determined, after utilizing AcroDocz, that the correct amount was actually 4.5x.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bringing It All Together The plug-and-play approach assumes leadership is static.—
Tom Roberts,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 6.6 percent to €528 million ($571 million) when assuming constant exchange rates.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Follow Di Placido for more meme explainers, television reviews, film theories and deep dives into digital culture.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Other theories include the theory that Lottie died by suicide.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
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It was also supposed to be a galvanizing force for the New York Rangers, who sent six players to the tournament — more than every NHL team except the Florida Panthers.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Flight 292 took off from Kennedy Airport at 8:34 p.m. Saturday and was originally supposed to arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi around 9 p.m. Sunday.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Death row prisoner Thomas Creech, convicted of five murders and suspected of several more, has noted health issues after a half-century in prison.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2025
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All three of the larger figures recently found in El Salvador were nude, and researchers suspect one of them is male—a rarity for the medium.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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Both teams entered unbeaten, having given up just 10 goals each all season, so one goal figured to be enough to win.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Apparently, TikTok figured that bad things were afoot with this trend.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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It's been speculated that this might be why Spotify isn’t yet ready to publicly announce a launch date for the new premium tier service.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Still, between evolving relationships, an intense playoff game and familial drama, the finale ended with several cliffhangers and unanswered questions that left fans speculating about the show's future.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Conjecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjecture. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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