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to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something
Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets.
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Recent Examples of theorized
Yet others have theorized that the MSG buzz could be an elaborate smoke screen to throw off attention to the couple's real wedding plans.
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CBS News,
27 June 2026
Yet others have theorized that the MSG buzz could be an elaborate smoke screen to throw off attention to the couple’s real wedding plans.
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Kimberlee Kruesi,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
While fans have long theorized that the Marvel star is the voice behind the character, Matheson confirms the actor’s cameo to PEOPLE.
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Kirsten Acuna,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
When the reunion actually began airing in May, fans theorized that the audio had been leaked to prevent Batula from getting a seemingly sympathetic edit.
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Sarah Hearon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
Researchers in cognitive science have long theorized that conceptual thinking is informed by how the human body looks and moves.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
Many researchers have theorized that melting Ice Age glaciers likely helped passively shift the Altar Stone closer to southern England’s Salisbury Plain around 2500 BCE, shortening the transport distance for Stonehenge’s creators.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Construction spanned several phases from roughly 3100 BC to 1600 BC, built by Neolithic Britons rather than Druids or Celts as once theorized.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Sollas and Breuil theorized that the cave’s former inhabitants may have made art.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Yet others have theorized that the MSG buzz could be an elaborate smoke screen to throw off attention to the couple’s real wedding plans.
—
Kimberlee Kruesi,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
While fans have long theorized that the Marvel star is the voice behind the character, Matheson confirms the actor’s cameo to PEOPLE.
—
Kirsten Acuna,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
When the reunion actually began airing in May, fans theorized that the audio had been leaked to prevent Batula from getting a seemingly sympathetic edit.
—
Sarah Hearon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
Researchers in cognitive science have long theorized that conceptual thinking is informed by how the human body looks and moves.
—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
Many researchers have theorized that melting Ice Age glaciers likely helped passively shift the Altar Stone closer to southern England’s Salisbury Plain around 2500 BCE, shortening the transport distance for Stonehenge’s creators.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Construction spanned several phases from roughly 3100 BC to 1600 BC, built by Neolithic Britons rather than Druids or Celts as once theorized.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Sollas and Breuil theorized that the cave’s former inhabitants may have made art.
—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorized
speculated
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The authors speculated that the changes, which lasted for another four weeks after the individuals stopped playing, were partly due to the three-dimensional environment of Super Mario.
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KiMi Robinson Ahead of an event that was speculated to be Swift and Kelce's rehearsal dinner at MSG on July 2, members of the couple's inner circle were mobilizing across New York City.
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