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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sheer conjecture" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe an idea or opinion that is based purely on speculation without any evidence. Example: "The theory that aliens built the pyramids is nothing more than sheer conjecture."
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Only deep epidemiological studies associated to genetic studies may tell whether this is a valid conjecture or sheer nonsense (Livshits 2005).
That said, I must also point out that "The Peppered Moth" is one of the more absorbing novels I have read in a long time, both for its sheer storytelling ability and for its powers of imaginative conjecture.
" 'The Peppered Moth' is one of the most absorbing novels I have read in a long time, both for its sheer storytelling ability and for its powers of imaginative conjecture," Daphne Merkin said in these pages last year.
The British anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer, the author of "Death, Grief, and Mourning" (1965), conjectures that the First World War was one cause in Britain: communities were so overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of dead that they dropped the practice of mourning for the individual.
Sheer fear, sheer terror.
Sheer genius.
Sheer illusion.
Sheer terror.
Sheer coincidence.
That's conjecture.
Abundance conjecture.
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