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How to use speculation in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Speculation means the process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject. Example: “Quitting stock-market speculation was the greatest decision I ever made, moneywise.”

Examples of speculation by meaning

nounThe process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.

  • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian

More sentences with speculation

  • Quitting stock-market speculation was the greatest decision I ever made, moneywise.From the entry moneywise
  • Untestable speculations about the universe originating from a black hole or Big Bounce are ascientific.From the entry ascientific
  • Such speculations are often met with a retort that leans even harder into the stupidity allegation.2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian. From the entry 4D chess
  • Ever since the abortive coup, speculation had been that Yevgeny Prigozhin could be living on borrowed time.2023 August 23, Pjotr Sauer, “Prigozhin’s death would leave lasting mark on Russian army and elite”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry borrowed time
  • After weeks of speculation and intracoalitional debate, the text of the compromise was released on Sept. 21.2022 October 5, David Wallace-Wells, “Progressives Should Rally Around a Clean Energy Construction Boom”, in The New York Times, archived…. From the entry abruptly
  • That led to speculation that Cotten may have faked his own death.2022 January 18, Cassie Williams, “Quadriga CEO's widow speaks out over his death and the missing crypto millions”, in CBC News. From the entry closed casket
  • This isn’t speculation, or a serve of two-bit punditry to fuel the opinion cycle.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian…. From the entry Faustian
  • Most people are guessing there's something in the works with Grande and Hudson, though it's just speculation.2020 October 12, Natalie Morin, “Did Mariah Carey Just Announce A Christmas Collab With Ariana Grande?”, in Refinery29, archived from the…. From the entry unretweet
  • But there was widespread speculation that it was so, with Mr.2014 June 16, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Father’s Day Plea to Educate China’s ‘Illegal’ Children”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Xingyi
  • As opposed to striving for balance or objectivity, Foxification pushes journalism towards more comment, speculation and politicisation.2012, Stephen Cushion, Television Journalism, SAGE Publications Ltd, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry Foxification
  • Despite intensifying speculation about his future, Mr Costello has not announced if he will recontest Higgins.2009 March 9, Michael Harvey, “Peter Costello bolsters team”, in Herald Sun. From the entry recontest
  • Yes, I am the subject of homocurious speculation because of my association with Tommy "the gay" Knutson.2008, Lauren McLaughlin, Cycler, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry homocurious
  • But speculation about the splitting of sungrazers brings us to consider the origins of the Kreutz group.1997, Fred Schaaf, Comet of the Century: From Halley to Hale-Bopp, page 73. From the entry sungrazer
  • Speculation is that it may have been an advertising jingle for someone selling plastic "Jesi"(?!).1996 March 30, james taulbee, “Re: Lyric request: Plastic Jesus”, in rec.music.folk (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry Jesi
  • There is much debate and speculation about how the southern superprimary will actually work.1988, Herbert B. Asher, Presidential elections and American politics. From the entry superprimary
  • While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.1901, Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons. From the entry askant
  • Often spotted holding hands, their closeness is undeniable, and there are pages online still dedicated to speculation and evidence about Kaylor.2024, Kat McKenna, Look What You Made Me Do: The Ultimate Guide for Taylor Swift Fans!, unnumbered page. From the entry Kaylor
  • The Betaville blog wrote earlier this week about market speculation that Adevinta was attracting takeover interest, without naming the suitors.2023 September 21, Silas Brown, Dinesh Nair, Swetha Gopinath, “Blackstone, Permira Explore Bid for eBay-Backed Adevinta”, in Bloomberg.com. From the entry suitor
  • In my opinion, David is now potentially on a slippy slope to further speculation surrounding his hair loss.2018 September 25, Luke Mintz, quoting Spencer Stevenson, “What has happened to David Beckham’s hair? Three experts give their verdict”…. From the entry slippy slope
  • So evolutionary speculation about the origin of human mating strategies not only rests on science’s tendency to ‘zoomorphise’ us.2017 August 9, Holly Dunsworth, Anne Buchanan, “Sex makes babies”, in Aeon. From the entry zoomorphize
  • This message generated enormous curiosity and speculation on the web.2010, Alex Boese, Hippo Eats Dwarf, page 123. From the entry spamouflage
  • Relationshopping is a form of dating speculation.2010, Sean Kenniff, “Your *Effing Love Life”, in Stop *Effing Yourself: A Survivor’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Screw-ups, Deerfield Beach…. From the entry relationshopping
  • If so, this piece of zoogony is not myth or outright speculation, but is based, however loosely, on observational knowledge.2008, Andrew Gregory, Ancient Greek Cosmogony. From the entry zoogony
  • Evidence for this speculation is found in Mr.2007 April 23, A. O. Scott, “Drawing a Line From Movie to Murder”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2022. From the entry gunmanship
  • This has caused speculation that New Zealand is moving from a classic Westminster parliamentary system to a more parliamentary-congressional 'Washminster' hybrid.2007, Stephen I. Levine, Nigel S. Roberts, The Baubles of Office: The New Zealand General Election of 2005. From the entry Washminster
  • It is his team to build," Walcott said, his comments appearing to reject speculation that Bloomberg was bigfooting the deputy search.2002 August 7, Joanne Wasserman, Alison Gendar, “School Chief Seeks No. 2”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 27 May 2009. From the entry bigfoot
  • For this we must turn to speculations such as those offered in connection with U and non-U English.2001, Stephan Gramley, The Vocabulary of World English (English Language Series), London: Arnold; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press…. From the entry u
  • A steady rhythm of leaks and informed speculation prepared America for the President's Lewinsky confessional. . . .1998 August 18, Tony Karon, “Who Knew?”, in Time, retrieved 02 Feb 2016. From the entry soften the ground
  • As for Smith, there is much preopening speculation that Grapes of Wrath will head for Broadway after its Chicago run.1988 September 9, Albert Williams, “Stage Notes: two new shows put musicians in the spotlight”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry preopening
  • XENOPSYCHOLOGY So far we have very little direct knowledge of alien minds — but we have some fascinating bases for speculation.1984, Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction. From the entry xenopsychology
  • There was a buzz of speculation round the table.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Deadly Tube”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 90. From the entry solicitously
  • Following intense speculation over the account’s veracity, fellow manga artist Yusuke Murata, the creator behind One-Punch Man, confirmed that the account indeed belongs to Togashi.2022 May 24, Zoe Guy, “Hunter x Hunter Creator Mysteriously Joins Twitter, Teases New Installments of the Manga”, in Vulture, archived…. From the entry math
  • But among the anger on social media, was speculation about how parents of the hundreds of Khaleesis and Danys were feeling now.2019 May 14, Kate Lyons, “Latest Game of Thrones episode sends curveball to children named Khaleesi”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry Khaleesi
  • News of Harper-Mercer's murder spree, which killed ten, prompted speculation on neoreactionary forums that the long-awaited “beta uprising” of virginal shut-ins had begun.2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die. From the entry beta
  • Here are the five juiciest redactions from the Flynn sentencing document, with some context and a smidge of informed speculation about What It All Means.2018 December 5, Chris Cillizza, “The 5 juiciest redactions in Michael Flynn’s sentencing document”, in CNN. From the entry juicy
  • The following analysis will allow future critical commentary, both academic and popular, to move away from speculation, guestimation, hedging, generalisation, and erroneous statements.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography…. From the entry guesstimation
  • Her speculation was set against a backdrop of rearview creepshots, with a few barely there scribbles added to blot out actual facial features.2018 July 14, Natasha Lomas, “Reminder: Other people’s lives are not fodder for your feeds”, in TechCrunch. From the entry creepshot
  • Speaking on the same programme, Harry McGee, Political Correspondent of the Irish Times, said it was all about "coalitionology", with much speculation about combinations.2016 January 18, Latest polls suggest current Coalition will fall short of majority, RTÉ. From the entry coalitionology
  • The fanbase has been prolific in the propagation of theories and speculation as well as the creation of original gem warrior characters or "gemsonas."2015, "Believe in Steven and the Crystal Gems", Ka Mana'o (Leeward Community College), Summer 2015, page 7. From the entry gemsona

Meaning of speculation

  1. noun The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
  2. noun The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
  3. noun A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

Full definition of speculation

Questions about speculation in a sentence

How do you use speculation in a sentence?
Speculation is used as a noun. For example: “Quitting stock-market speculation was the greatest decision I ever made, moneywise.”
What is a short sentence with speculation?
“Relationshopping is a form of dating speculation.”
What does speculation mean?
Speculation means the process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.

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