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Recent Examples of unproved
The federal government is, in effect, suddenly being run like an A.I. startup; Musk, an unelected billionaire, a maestro of flying cars and trips to Mars, has made the United States of America his grandest test case yet for an unproved and unregulated new technology.
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
Carlson promoted the unproved theory that the FBI instigated the riots in a documentary that was shown on the Fox Nation streaming service.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
Carlson promoted the unproved theory that the FBI instigated the riots in a documentary that was shown on the Fox Nation streaming service.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproved
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For months, the Alabama product has lived in that volatile middle ground as a prospect too talented to ignore, too unproven to fully trust.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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These tax credits are not being thrown at an unproven event.—
Noah Smith,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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The alleged victim had been diagnosed with multiple medical conditions, including dementia, and was found to be cognitively impaired in 2024 during a mental health evaluation, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lopez, who pleaded not guilty, is the sole defendant out of several alleged co-conspirators still awaiting trial on the racketeering charges.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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The film’s speculative elements — monoliths accelerating human evolution — were philosophical rather than scientific.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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Another attraction to American investors is the English game’s financial chaos, itself exacerbated by the speculative frenzy and dire stakes inherent in promotion/relegation.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is no time to experiment with the untested deep thoughts of do-gooders who couldn’t find Roseland, Englewood or Humboldt Park without GPS.—
Tim Egan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the McLeod family, a young man in his 30s who went untested recently died of cancer, Guilford said.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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But Melanson said that the proposed seven-day data retention period in the bill does not give them enough time to investigate and solve crimes.—
Sara Bedigian,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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The proposed route, once envisioned as stretching 15 miles, has been shortened and reconfigured, and could roll out by 2032.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 Mar. 2026
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Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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That statistic is somewhat conjectural, since the vast majority of rapes in India are apparently not reported.—
Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
7 Nov. 2023
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Instead of posing questions about geography or world affairs, the test asked him to tackle hypothetical situations, from the frustrating to the dangerous.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Focus on the craft in front of you without thinking of its hypothetical audience.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Unproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproved. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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