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noun

plural of conjecture

as in guesses

an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence the many conjectures about the true identity of Jack the Ripper

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verb

present tense third-person singular of conjecture

as in estimates

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement he conjectured that the theater could seat 1000 people more or less

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to form an opinion from little or no evidence you're only conjecturing that he was the culprit

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Noun

There have been a lot of conjectures, but little in the way of actual proof of what took place. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 May 2026 As part of the effort to prove these conjectures, Grothendieck proposed his notion of a scheme. — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026 Like an enzyme that works as a catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction, collaboration ignites new ideas for conjectures. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 The project grew out of group head Ido Kaminer’s 2019 Ramanujan Machine, an AI bot that seeks out new conjectures for calculating mathematical constants. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026 With few clear signals about who has influence and how decisions are made, the halls of power in Beijing are fertile ground for political conjectures. — Deng Yuwen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025 This is an intense ongoing study and there are many conjectures. — Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025 Amenabar seems to root his screenplay on conjectures about the writer’s sexuality, which many scholars consider latterday projection. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025

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In two preprints, the pair proved function field versions of both conjectures. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026 Humans propose conjectures, guided by intuition. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026 Suspicion fell on Shiite families, though many dismissed these conjectures; in Ain el-Mreisseh, people know their neighbors. — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026 Broadly speaking, this is why Grothendieck and others could use schemes — and a series of ideas building on them — to re-prove one of the four Weil conjectures and prove two more. — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026 Leaving the hard numbers aside, conjectures about the effects of AI on individual companies are exactly that — conjectures. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 There’s no end to conjectures about William Shakespeare’s life because there isn’t all that much definitive Shakespeareana to rake over. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Stale, incomplete or blocked data leaves AI filling gaps with guesses that still sound certain.

— Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
What counts the most will be the moves of the Big Player, guesses about those moves, and guesses about those guesses.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of guesses

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The Partnership for Public Service estimates the cost of the 2025 workforce actions at roughly $71 billion when severance, paid administrative leave, rehiring, and lost productivity are tallied.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
The National Institute of Building Sciences estimates that a dollar spent on hazard mitigation returns about $6 in avoided losses.

— Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of estimates

Noun

This means large language models cannot independently invent groundbreaking theories or offer original insights.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Even today, astronomers are still trying to understand exactly how these extraordinary objects form, with recent observations continuing to challenge existing theories about their evolution.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of theories

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Egbuka figures to be the primary target for quarterback Baker Mayfield.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Most of the eight returning players were prospects, but former top prospect Marcelo Mayer figures to help San Francisco in the not-so-distant future.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of figures

Verb

Based on the information provided, The Farmer's Dog creates a customized nutrition plan and calculates appropriate portion sizes.

— Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
The system then calculates the exact three-dimensional coordinates where the photon hit the crystal.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

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