The phrase "atmosphere of speculation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or environment where there is uncertainty or conjecture about a particular topic or event.
Example: "The meeting was filled with an atmosphere of speculation regarding the company's future direction."
Alternatives: "climate of uncertainty" or "environment of conjecture".
In 1978, Justice Lewis Powell argued that diversity is vital to a university's educational mission, to promote the atmosphere of "speculation, experiment and creation" that is essential to their identities.
"The atmosphere of speculation, experimentation and creation -- so essential to the quality of higher education -- is widely believed to be promoted by a diverse student body," Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. wrote.
Mr Barak has asked Mr Sharon to rethink: the nation needs unity, he says.Some political insiders say that both men are in fact loth to forgo the unity option or at least the atmosphere of speculation surrounding the unity option because the likely alternative is Mr Barak's defeat in parliament next month and a new election early in 2001.
On the other hand, he said, universities could consider race and ethnicity to create "a diverse student body" and an atmosphere of "speculation, experiment and creation" for the purpose of training leaders "through wide exposure to the ideas and mores of students as diverse as this Nation of many peoples".
In addition to facing criticism about why he allowed the Senate appointment process to drag on for nearly two months and turn into a circuslike atmosphere of speculation, he has also faced questions about his role in disparaging information given to the news media about Caroline Kennedy.
The material is searing, but Kempowski maintains an atmosphere of detachment, speculation, and even humor.
In the febrile atmosphere of Iranian underground politics, speculation quickly spread that the dark forces of the state were at work against would-be dissidents, leakers or defectors, but those rumours quickly evaporated.
It disproved years of speculation that the Venusian atmosphere was similar to the Earth's.
Spirited and successful as Averroës' defense was, it could not restore philosophy to its former position, quite apart from the fact that the atmosphere in Muslim Spain and North Africa was most unfavourable to the unhindered pursuit of speculation.
There are no suspects yet, though there is no shortage of speculation, which seems to be fueling an already tense political atmosphere.
His decision to quit the front line - after days of feverish speculation in the hothouse atmosphere of Labour's annual conference - did not, in the end, come as a surprise.
