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
Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Wildlife officials believe the lion instead probably ventured out and was killed by a car over the summer — another grim conjecture big cat fans feared would come to pass.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
Riemann conjectured that all the other zeros of the function, called nontrivial zeros, have a real part of 1/2, and so are located on this vertical line.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture is just such a result.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Wildlife officials believe the lion instead probably ventured out and was killed by a car over the summer — another grim conjecture big cat fans feared would come to pass.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Zeilberger and the mathematician Mihai Nica (opens a new tab) have conjectured that just knowing the second and third moments is enough to determine who wins more games.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
Riemann conjectured that all the other zeros of the function, called nontrivial zeros, have a real part of 1/2, and so are located on this vertical line.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
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Also unclear is which time zone, but my guess would be ET.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Not bad guesses, but not quite as good as Rita Ora and Robin Thicke's guess: hit R&B artist, actor, and Empire star Mario.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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He is estimated to win an arbitration award of a one-year, $28.8 million contract, after prevailing over the Blue Jays in arbitration to the tune of $19.9 million prior to last season.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The World Bank estimates the cost of damage and economic losses from the war in Lebanon to be about $8.5 billion.Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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Challenging Ageism and Sexism It’s often assumed that innovation and entrepreneurship is for younger people, fueled by the tech startup culture that celebrates youthful founders.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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In fact, Saint Francis used an 8-0 run to assume a 21-17 lead with 10:32 left in the first half.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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The theory is one of many being pursed by law enforcement and investigators are working to determine if the string of recent burglaries are connected and if so, who might be responsible.Robert Legare, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Courage to Be Disliked is based on Adlerian theory, a psychology created by Austrian psychotherapist, Alfred Adler, that encourages people to embrace the possibility of being disliked by others in order to live more freely.Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
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It’s supposed to be a surprise gift for Dad. Lázsló is enlisted to design it.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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He’s supposed to read as a reanimated corpse; a once-suave and debonaire one, but a corpse all the same.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
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Officers suspected Lurry had been hiding drugs in his mouth and removed small plastic baggies containing white powder.Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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What's New The Yi Peng 3, the Chinese cargo ship suspected of damaging undersea telecom cables in the Baltic Sea last month, may have attempted to sabotage them 10 days before, reports suggest.John Feng, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Lockett’s cap number would figure to be untenable for a Seattle team that has a rising star in the 22-year-old Smith-Njigba, who was one of the league’s most productive wideouts during his sophomore campaign.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Guerrero is good enough to justify trading for him and figuring it out on the fly.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Not all individual investors use options to speculate.Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Swift and Kelce stepped out for a double date night on Friday (December 27) with friend and producer Jack Antonoff and his wife, The Substance actor Margaret Qualley, in a move that saw fans begin to speculate a little deeper with their outfits once again.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Conjecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjecture. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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