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Once again, the current Senate bill includes gifts—tax credits to these same fossil fuel companies for the unproved carbon capture and storage (CCS), more offshore oil and gas leases, and more pipeline guarantees for new fossil fuel leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022
McCarthy removed Swalwell, citing unproved claims that a Chinese spy had extracted information from him.
—Marianna Sotomayor, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
Tests that look at a child’s hair for toxic metal exposure also are not recommended, because this type of testing is scientifically unproved and often inaccurate.
—Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
Prior to his time with the Panthers Marchment was largely unproved, playing in just 37 games before last season.
—Francisco Rosa, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022
McCarthy removed Swalwell, citing unproved claims that a Chinese spy had extracted information from him.
—Marianna Sotomayor, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
Tests that look at a child’s hair for toxic metal exposure also are not recommended, because this type of testing is scientifically unproved and often inaccurate.
—Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
Prior to his time with the Panthers Marchment was largely unproved, playing in just 37 games before last season.
—Francisco Rosa, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022
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Trump faced heavy criticism for downplaying the virus, promoting unproven remedies and clashing with his own health experts, most notably Dr. Anthony Fauci.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump also referred to other complaints in other parts of Pennsylvania that are unproven.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Chigvintsev subsequently canceled the request for assistance, but sheriff’s deputies turned up anyway and took him into custody, based on deputies seeing a visible injury on the alleged victim, a sheriff’s spokesperson said.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The aim of the investigation was to discover how the alleged tax fraud had been implemented internally.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.Katie Stockton, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rarely does this speculative frenzy turn out nicely.Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Of course, there must be clear rules of the road, but these rules are often conflicting, untested, and inconsistently implemented.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
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The arguments focus on the billionaires, out-of-state moneyed interests and corporations behind the effort, and the untested nature of the system in Colorado.John Frank, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the possible consequences of an Iranian nuclear capability are largely conjectural (save for one: nobody would think of invading Iran anymore).Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2010
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That statistic is somewhat conjectural, since the vast majority of rapes in India are apparently not reported.Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
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Financial services firm Charles Schwab earlier this year conducted research on hypothetical investment under each president in the S&P 500 in 1948 and found that the strongest growth happened under a Democrat White House.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Popular on Variety Cavanagh said the hypothetical spinoff would include cable TV networks and not NBC’s broadcast operations.Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Unproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproved. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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