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As they had hypothesized, the positive cesium ion accumulated on the negatively charged lithium metal anode side of the battery, while the negative nitrate ion accumulated on the positively charged cathode.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

Scientists had hypothesized that the volcanic activity that created these rocks was involved in the PETM, Kender says—so his team was immediately intrigued by mercury signals in the core sample.

From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2022

Fossil researcher Roland T. Bird had hypothesized the same about some strange dinosaur tracks that were on ranch grounds in Bandera, Texas, according to Science Alert.

From Fox News • Jan. 28, 2020

Orme, the city manager, had hypothesized that when the school year ended, population numbers would dwindle slightly as some families sought more permanent situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019

In fourteenth-century Oxford, mathematically inclined philosophers had hypothesized that falling bodies accelerate continuously; but they had made no effort to confirm this theoretical possibility through experiment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton