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Recent Examples of unproven
But Starship’s ability to launch satellites into orbit is largely unproven, and the spacecraft’s development is behind schedule.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026
Social media influencers promote dubious nutrition concepts and unproven health products or procedures without oversight.
—Kirstin R.w. Matthews, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Some doctors had previously accused Attia of touting unproven remedies and charging patients exorbitant amounts.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
But Wright and Gordon are unproven.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026
Social media influencers promote dubious nutrition concepts and unproven health products or procedures without oversight.
—Kirstin R.w. Matthews, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Some doctors had previously accused Attia of touting unproven remedies and charging patients exorbitant amounts.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
But Wright and Gordon are unproven.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
Adjective
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What Happens Next The lawsuit’s allegations are unproved, and no court has made findings on the merits.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Berry recorded an impairment charge of $44 million related to unproved properties affected by California Senate Bill No. 1137, which restricts new drilling activities within 3,200 feet of sensitive receptors.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Such a standoff would be largely untested.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Two years ago the Red Sox rotation was young and untested, with Crawford, Brayan Bello and Tanner Houck leading a group that lacked any semblance of depth.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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See video … HARVEY LEVIN – Behavior of alleged suspect in door cam does not align with sophistication of ransom letter.—
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FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Khanna also wanted to ask why the alleged accomplices weren’t prosecuted.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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To my eye, Zurek has almost tied up the loose ends that have been confounding physics for 100 years, without invoking any substantially new or speculative assumptions.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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Deutsche Bank’s Reid noted that much of the selling driven by these anecdotes was purely speculative.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This isn’t a distant hypothetical.—
Suzette Valladares,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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Responsibility is a group effort For Ahmet Öksüz, chairman of the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters Association, the need for systemic transformation is no longer some future-facing hypothetical, but rather an existential imperative that demands both innovation and conscience.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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The proposed four-story, 105-room hotel would be located on four lots immediately north of AJ’s Pizza, on the opposite side of Blackwell Lane, sandwiched between Matson Drive and Village Point.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Its proposed 15% cap, the administration estimated, could save the government $4 billion annually.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 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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“Unproven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unproven. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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