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Some legal observers have conjectured the 8th Circuit’s reversal of her injunction prompted her to stay her hand, over a concern that the appeals court would overrule her again.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

But, for an elusive conjectured class of materials, physicists have now shown that the surface previously thought to be "featureless" holds an unmistakable signature that could lead to the first definitive observation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2024

“Is there a universal basis for selection? Is there a more quantitative formalism underlying this conjectured conceptual equivalence—a formalism rooted in the transfer of information?,” they ask of the world’s disparate phenomena.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

A single proton, which consists of three interacting quarks, might possess a glimmer of consciousness, he conjectured.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023

Continuing in this vein, Neylan conjectured, “Ernest’s very modesty angered him ... I think he hated Ernest because Ernest was so kind to him.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik