unproven

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Recent Examples of unproven Who would tap a director unproven on a feature level to direct a taut action thriller movie with a $150 million budget? Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 May 2025 My best advice is to seek professional guidance rather than unproven remedies. Dr. Samanta Dall’agnese, CNBC, 13 May 2025 Other BuLi teams have take chances on young, unproven trainers, such as Jürgen Klop, Hansi Flick, Sebastian Hoeneß, and that guy who's training the German National Team. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 13 May 2025 But the nurses rallied with us and convinced the administration to try this unknown and unproven technique. Erin Clack, People.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unproven
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unproven
Adjective
  • 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
  • Rhetoric surrounding an audit of aid for Kyiv has amplified unproved accusations that Ukrainian officials have siphoned off cash intended for the war effort, and could undermine other requests for assistance.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Sub-second block intervals demand tighter synchronization across the network, and the protocol’s behavior under sustained high-load, adversarial conditions remains largely untested.
    Tomer Niv, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Read Next National Woman’s 2006 rape kit sat untested for 11 years in New Mexico.
    Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • The alleged incident was just one piece of the day's testimony from Clark, who'd worked for Combs in various positions between 2004 and 2012.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 28 May 2025
  • The alleged incident took place on May 2, 2023, when Costner asked LaBella to stand in for an unplanned rape scene with actor Roger Ivens without telling her what the scene would be.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • But analysts say rising premiums are more a speculative play or hedge against risk rather than a sign of impending financial crisis and insolvency.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 29 May 2025
  • The ball is dropping and an Athletic player attempts a speculative pass through midfield.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • One question on a sample exam Chisholm provided asks students to write a formula for determining the total number of cases during a hypothetical epidemic after a certain amount of days.
    Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
  • As the keynote speaker at the Democrats’ 2025 Blue Palmetto Dinner at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, Moore hailed Clyburn, an essential figure in a hypothetical presidential run.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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