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theorizes

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present tense third-person singular of theorize

as in speculates

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 theorizes Despite this rainbow of white dwarfs, the team theorizes that white is still the most common color for these stellar corpses. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 James Hager’s dramatic body camera footage, which showed him being battered, and Mansfield theorizes Lopez feared a conviction was likely. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Kwon theorizes that as the extra tax refunds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act got spent, retail buyers pulled back. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 The shoes were too different compared to the originals and thus were all but ignored by everyday casual shoppers — another demographic who Chase theorizes would accept the Protro updates. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 But doctoral student Jonathan Carcache theorizes that the lousewort is helping its neighbors as much as stealing from them. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 While climate change has had a negative effect on innumerable populations, Kohl theorizes that black vultures — and vultures, in general — may represent an exception. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 The other hypothesis theorizes supermassive black hole seeds came from a large gas cloud collapsing, due to its large mass and strong gravity, into a black hole. — Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 One answer is the Rare Earth hypothesis, which theorizes that our planet really is special. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026

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Her exit comes as the industry speculates wildly about the fate of other division leaders across both companies.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
The Instagram caption speculates the albino shark was somewhere between eight and nine feet long.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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