as in speculative
existing only as an assumption or speculation
a necessarily conjectural account of Shakespeare's life, since there is so little hard information
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Recent Examples of conjectural
Both of these Elizabeths are conjectural.
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Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022
That's still highly conjectural.
—Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2020
Failure to prosecute leaders because of the conjectural risk to the system would create two systems of justice, with those in power never being held to the same standard as other wrongdoers.
—Andrew Weissmann, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
The point of the black hole discussion is to get to the idea of a singularity, a conjectural point of infinite curvature and density.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2011
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Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022
That's still highly conjectural.
—Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2020
Failure to prosecute leaders because of the conjectural risk to the system would create two systems of justice, with those in power never being held to the same standard as other wrongdoers.
—Andrew Weissmann, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
The point of the black hole discussion is to get to the idea of a singularity, a conjectural point of infinite curvature and density.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjectural
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The two sides will stop fighting for 42 days, with the aim (again, speculative) of making that cease-fire permanent and ending the war.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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The funding was made by California Jobs First as part of a larger pool of $600 million created by the state in 2021 to help create jobs and prevent a wave of property acquisitions by speculative investors.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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In a hypothetical exercise, writers at The Athletic covering teams that could be interested in Hill came up with four potential trade offers, and national NFL writer Mike Jones provided an answer from the Dolphins.The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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These harms are inextricable from the idea of superintelligence, because experts do not currently know how to align these hypothetical systems with human values.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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The theoretical matchups fans anticipated during the offseason are finally starting to play out on the court, adding a new wrinkle to the traditional rivalries of league play.Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Each year, the Robot – a naïve stock-picking paradigm, generates a theoretical portfolio of ten very unpopular stocks.John Dorfman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Conjectural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjectural. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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