conjectured
- past participle of conjecture.
- past tense form of conjecture.
Example Sentences
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Erdős conjectured that the maximum number of pairs, suggested by a gridlike system, could increase only slightly faster than the number of dots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Kiel researchers conjectured that exporters didn’t absorb the tariff costs for three main reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 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
International master George Koltanowski conjectured that Bobby just didn’t trust people and didn’t want to be cheated: “There’s a word for it in German: Verfolgungswahnsinn,” he said.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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