DEAD RECKONINGS Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

dead reckonings

noun

plural of dead reckoning

as in speculations

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Noun

Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Their speculations, although deemed inaccurate by later historians, helped shape popular understandings of the ancient druids.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of speculations

Noun

Without a direct and blanket statement in the tradition providing a rationale, European and Indian scholars have proposed a variety of theories to explain Hindu divine morphology.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Astrophysicists have several theories for what dark matter could be.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of theories

Noun

The models have to suss them out by taking actions in the game, seeing what happens, forming hypotheses, and then taking more actions to test those theories.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Microsoft is already deploying autonomous threat-detection capabilities capable of continuously investigating incidents, developing hypotheses, gathering supporting evidence and identifying malicious activity that traditional processes can miss.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of hypotheses

Noun

There have been 35 new outbreaks this year, with 93% of the cases stemming from theses outbreaks.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 July 2026
That move sounded the alarm for market participants like Morris, whose investing theses rely in part on predicting what the Fed will do with interest rates.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 July 2026

Definition of theses

Noun

That level of integration removes much of the guesswork that traditionally accompanies resin printing.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Instead, the range of 38 shades are all neutral and developed for their depth, taking much of the guesswork out of shade matching.

— Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of guesswork

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