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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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More:Duggan's independent gubernatorial run is rare and untested.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
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But the Devils have been known to make some mistakes and are untested on the sport’s biggest stage, while the Longhorns are appearing in the playoffs for the second season in a row.Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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In an interview with the New York Times, Peak Design CEO Peter Dering said multiple people alerted him via text that the alleged shooter depicted in surveillance images released by police appeared to be wearing one of his company's backpacks.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 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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Some states such as Maryland passed laws recently to completely outlaw speculative tickets.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
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While the exact rules of the Game of 20 generally remain unknown, researchers have previously proposed some hypothetical rules for one variant—the Ur game.Newsweek, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Another breed of hypothetical particle, axions are predicted to exist by quantum chromodynamics, which is our best quantum theory of the strong force that binds quarks together to form protons, neutrons and ultimately atomic nuclei.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 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 31 Dec. 2024.
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