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The word "Conjecture" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used when referring to an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. Example: "The scientist's conjecture about the behavior of the particles was later confirmed by experiments." Alternatives include "hypothesis" or "speculation."
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Conjecture
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To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
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But what he regarded as scientific many now see as mere conjecture.
The nature of some of the discussion and conjecture in the media, however, is dismaying.
As usual, the news headlines conflate this conjecture with fact.
"Such a conjecture is absolutely unthinkable and impossible," he replied.
There was so much conjecture printed as fact.
The NSA's actions and the laws that enable them – as well as some occasionally overblown conjecture around this – threaten to diminish the power and freedom of the net.
Unfortunately, instead of clarifying things, they mostly invite further conjecture and confusion.
What caused the wave, and the extent of the damage that resulted, have been matters of conjecture for centuries.
Something, then, was pushing space itself apart.What that something is, remains conjecture.
Mr Smith lists the circumstantial opportunities and concludes: "Whether he and Kay were intimate remains a matter of conjecture.
Too often for comfort it strides over-confidently down the road of historical conjecture.
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