have been speculating
- present perfect progressive of speculate.
Example Sentences
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Analysts have been speculating for months about the impact that rising memory costs would have on Apple’s product prices and margins.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Fans have been speculating about a major new twist in this series after trailers broadcast over Christmas showed a figure wearing a red cloak in a departure from the usual traitors' green.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Investors have been speculating for months that rising prices would push Japan’s central bank to finally shift away from its lavishly lax monetary policy.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Some people have been speculating that, because of all the troubles at Twitter—fewer staffers, frequent crashes, glitches here and there, money loss—the site might go down all together.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2023
I have been speculating to-night upon the frightful risks and dangers surrounding the man who is waiting for a letter.
From Ladies-In-Waiting by Curtiss, Christine Tucke
