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Recent Examples of unproven
From claims of aliens crashing on Earth and UFOs being hidden on military bases, to Mars being abnormally large and the moon turning green, space tends to attract some outlandish or at least highly unproven claims that should be vetted carefully.
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Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Many desperate families come forward with unproven remedies, and we were grouped in with them—just another set of parents believing in a miracle cure.
—Chase Malackowski, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Stock plummeted ~50% after NVIDIA’s CEO stressed quantum’s 20-year horizon, illustrating risk in overpaying for unproven near-term earnings.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Happy Days actor Henry Winkler was one user who shared the unproven theory online, taking to X (formerly Twitter) to blame an unknown arsonist in an unsubstantiated claim.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Many desperate families come forward with unproven remedies, and we were grouped in with them—just another set of parents believing in a miracle cure.
—Chase Malackowski, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Stock plummeted ~50% after NVIDIA’s CEO stressed quantum’s 20-year horizon, illustrating risk in overpaying for unproven near-term earnings.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Happy Days actor Henry Winkler was one user who shared the unproven theory online, taking to X (formerly Twitter) to blame an unknown arsonist in an unsubstantiated claim.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
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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
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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
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President Trump's intent to declare a national energy emergency unlocks largely untested federal authorities to keep fossil fuel and nuclear power plants online.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
20 Jan. 2025
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The centerpiece of his new rules gives insurance companies the ability to use black-box algorithms to increase rates based on undisclosed and untested climate predictions.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Most notably, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City this past December by alleged gunman Luigi Mangione, underlining a turbulent period for the corporation amidst ongoing legal proceedings.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Robert Kenney Knox, 23, of Amarillo, was identified as the alleged shooter, the APD said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Or does its unlikely real-world utility qualify it as an art project, meant to exist mostly in the realm of the speculative, or of aspirational ideals?—
Oskar Oprey,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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The meltdown of the office market in the years after the coronavirus outbreak, however, rendered a speculative office development unfeasible.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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As one hypothetical valuation method, Neuringer suggests taking the Canal’s contribution to Panama’s $83 billion annual GDP—estimated by the Canal Authority in 2023 at between three and six percent, or roughly $2.5 billion to $5 billion—and multiplying it by the length of any deal.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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The scenario is far from hypothetical; there has been recent alarm in the scientific community about the potential spread of bird flu to humans.—
Clare Malone,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the possible consequences of an Iranian nuclear capability are largely conjectural (save for one: nobody would think of invading Iran anymore).—
Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Sep. 2010
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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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