theorize
verb (used without object)
theorise
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a variation of
theorize.
Example Sentences
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Chinese authorities linked early Covid-19 cases to a seafood market in Wuhan, leading scientists to theorise that the virus first passed to humans from animals.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2021
It is one thing to theorise about politics, but it’s another to do it while constantly taking the anxious pulse of the people.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2019
“Patriarchy” sprouted dozens of reformulations and refinements as feminists attempted to theorise it into a coherent system of domination.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2018
Some researchers theorise that suction-filter feeding in whales began with teeth that could be gnashed together to form a simple sieve, and that only subsequently were these teeth replaced by baleen.
From Economist ● Jun. 29, 2017
And he goes on to ask, in his vivacious way, 'Does a bird theorise about building its nest?'
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
