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• Fans speculate that she was forced to graduate due to harassment and doxxing by stalkers and haters.From the entry graduate
• There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.From the entry need
• We need to test this idea empirically instead of just speculating about it.From the entry empirically
• The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense.From the entry take the stand
• The movie site has a microsite where fans can speculate about the ending.From the entry microsite
• While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.From the entry breathe
• Some are already speculating that a constitutional crisis is brewing.From the entry constitutional
• We can only speculate what Manfred Laber, the artist, had in mind.2024 March 7, Christoph Bartneck, “Zeitpyramide: When Maths and Art Disagree”, in bartneck.de. From the entry Manfred
• They said they preferred to HODL, or hold on for dear life, and keep speculating.2022 February 7, David Yaffe-Bellany, “They Made Millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto’s Boom Beyond Bitcoin”, in The New York…. From the entry hodl
• They didn’t even have time to speculate about what Grail wanted before Vivienne walked in seconds later.2021, Tracey Lange, “Jackie”, in We Are the Brennans, London: Pan Books, published 2022, →ISBN. From the entry just so
• We speculate that this may be due to the differences in androgenicity of these compounds.2016 March 8, “Oral Contraceptives and Multiple Sclerosis/Clinically Isolated Syndrome Susceptibility”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry androgenicity
• Finkel speculated that the recession could amplify the fallout from monetary mismatchings.2009 August 16, Catherine Rampell, “I Say Spend. You Say No. We’re in Love.”, in New York Times. From the entry mismatching
• "I speculate that Virabhadrasana I is about rising up out of your own limitations."2008 Nov, Yoga Journal, page 76. From the entry virabhadrasana
• Local gardeners speculate he was growing Kennebecs that year, a variety known for large tubers.2006, Brenda Seekins…. From the entry Kennebec
• Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry amby
• Another Sprint employee speculated that someone might have fatfingered the keyboard.1995 September 8, “US West software update disconnects online users”, in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.. From the entry fat-finger
• This may not be significant, but it is worth speculating on these two facts.1995, Irfan Shahîd, Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century. From the entry martyrion
• When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156. From the entry feeling
• In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 243. From the entry flushingly
• Gaylor theories have circulated for as long as the internet has had the time and capacity to analyse and speculate.2024, Kat McKenna, Look What You Made Me Do: The Ultimate Guide for Taylor Swift Fans!, unnumbered page. From the entry Gaylor
• “Our discovery lets us speculate about the presence of planets, since these are often formed around young stars.2024 December 18, Andrew Griffin, “There could be planets around the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say”…. From the entry galactic centre
• Before this bail-out, it had been widely speculated that the project would have to go on the back burner.2023 April 5, “Network News: West Midlands Metro extension receives £60 million bail-out”, in RAIL, number 980, page 9. From the entry back burner
• Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate.2021 October 17, Eduardo Medina, “As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry Good Samaritan law
• While the half-million EdgeDeflector users could be comfortably ignored, hundreds of millions of Firefoxers probably could not be, he speculates.2021 November 16, Alan Martin, “Microsoft is making it even harder to avoid the Edge browser in Windows 11”, in Tom’s Guide, archived from…. From the entry Firefoxer
• Thus, although there is no similar report in the literature, we speculate that this finding may also reflect better macrohemodynamic care.2015 August 15, “Factors Associated with Mortality and Graft Failure in Liver Transplants: A Hierarchical Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry macrohemodynamic
• Sometimes we wax philosophical and speculate that explanatory style reflects one's strength of will, reviving a long-dormant psychology of connation.2014, Gregory McClell Buchanan, Martin E.P. Seligman, Explanatory Style, page 11. From the entry connation
• Any engine that speculates can also misspeculate and must provide means to detect and recover from that condition.2013, John Paul Shen, Mikko H. Lipasti, Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors, page 331. From the entry misspeculate
• Koslofsky speculates that it was driven by the need to find new sources of authority in a confessionally fragmented age.2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, in Times Literary Supplement. From the entry confessionally
• Harold Wilson, a British prime minister, used to fulminate against the “gnomes of Zurich” who speculated against the pound.2011 November 19, “Voters versus creditors”, in The Economist, →ISSN. From the entry gnome of Zurich
• He also speculated drivellingly that the jury might yet return an open verdict on the theory of evolution.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 233. From the entry drivellingly
• At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.2008, Howard Rosenberg, Charles S. Feldman, No Time To Think. From the entry banner
• If Vick gets 18 months in the crowbar hotel, as speculated, that essentially means two seasons away from the NFL.2007 August 22, Dave Perkins, “NFL will paper over Vick scandal”, in Toronto Star, Canada. From the entry crowbar hotel
• Some speculate that Mozart the musician had coprographia.2005, Jean-Ronel Corbier, Optimal Treatment for Children with Autism and Other Neuropsychiatric Conditions, page 43. From the entry coprographia
• Luther speculates that Abraham, in his godly greatheartedness, must have learned of Lot's plight and taken him and his family in.2004, Carol Gilbertson, Gregg Muilenburg, Translucence: Religion, the Arts, and Imagination, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry greatheartedness
• I've often speculated why you don't return to America.1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Captain Renault (Claude Rains). From the entry abscond
• Possibly some chemical experiment was afoot; possibly----Well, it was no business of mine to speculate upon why he wanted it.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry afoot
• It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2. From the entry steer
• When memecoin activity ramps up, it usually indicates that retail investors are participating and have an appetite to speculate further out on the risk curve.2024 November 12, Tanaya Macheel, “Dogecoin spikes after Trump announces a Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE”, in CNBC. From the entry memecoin

Meaning of speculate

1. verb To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
2. verb To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
3. verb To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

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How do you use speculate in a sentence?

Speculate is used as a verb. For example: “Fans speculate that she was forced to graduate due to harassment and doxxing by stalkers and haters.”

What is a short sentence with speculate?

“Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate.”

What does speculate mean?

Speculate means to think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.