The phrase "address speculation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need to respond to or clarify uncertain or conjectural information regarding a topic.
Example: "In the meeting, we need to address speculation about the company's future plans to ensure everyone is on the same page."
Alternatives: "tackle conjecture" or "respond to assumptions".
"The family won't address speculation from anonymous sources," he added.
The police refused to address speculation about Ms. Mikhalchuk's disappearance.
Mr. Yang would not address speculation about those deals.
Honda did not address speculation that third-row seating would be available.
Nor did it address speculation that it planned large cuts in its investment banking unit, previously run by Mr. Jain.
Pentagon officials would not address speculation that the J-20 looked similar to the American F-22 Raptor, the world's most advanced stealth fighter.
To address speculations that the virus originated in domesticated animals, or that domestic species were susceptible to the virus, we inoculated 6-week-old pigs and chickens intravenously, intranasally, ocularly, and orally with 10 PFU of SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
Finally, Valentine, with his voice shaking and his face red, addressed speculation that he wanted to lose his job as manager.
Representatives of the show declined to comment in any way on the reports on Wednesday, citing a longstanding policy of not addressing speculation about the coming selection of a co-host.
Del Potro, whose last match was a loss to Marin Cilic in the fourth round of the Australian Open, also addressed speculation in the Argentine news media that he has been suffering from depression and panic attacks during his extended absence.
Addressing speculation that the pope would like to see the head of New York's archdiocese made a cardinal, perhaps this fall, the archbishop said, "I think the Holy Father should be encouraged in this way of thinking".
