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Recent Examples of unproven
The Tennessee law, adopted in 2023, prohibits young people from using hormones and puberty blockers for gender transition care that most leading medical organizations say are safe and effective, but that the state characterizes as unproven and risky.
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arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees to run the nation’s health agencies have been assailed by Democratic lawmakers for their embrace of unproven medical theories, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Because while the technology is growing more mature, the economics of a robotaxi business are still very much unproven.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
Falling vaccination rates Kennedy has long spread unproven conspiracy theories about vaccine harms.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees to run the nation’s health agencies have been assailed by Democratic lawmakers for their embrace of unproven medical theories, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Because while the technology is growing more mature, the economics of a robotaxi business are still very much unproven.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
Falling vaccination rates Kennedy has long spread unproven conspiracy theories about vaccine harms.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
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And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year.Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
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And thousands of kits that could free more innocent people have been left untested – again.Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Avoidance of risk: Individuals may cite imposter syndrome as a reason to avoid such things as exploring new markets or investing in untested strategies.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Zelensky wrote about Russian efforts to conceal the presence of soldiers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Russia, including a video highlighting the alleged practice of burning slain soldiers' faces.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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According to Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes, the alleged shooter Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Samantha, was a student at Abundant Life Christian School—where the incident took place.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cox had a reputation for yelling slurs at girls out of the window of his Chevy, an unsavory fact that ballooned into motive in speculative conversations.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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These developments will likely work to mitigate risks of investing in a speculative asset, inviting more players into the market - and this is already happening.Trefis Team, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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This means that Teste consecrates himself to a basically hypothetical existence.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Nick Saban and others in the SEC often point to hypothetical point spreads or the number of NFL players on a team’s roster.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 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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“Unproven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproven. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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