as in assumed
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
if we hypothesize that current population trends continue for the next 50 years
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Recent Examples of hypothesized
In fact, a recent breakthrough from the International Brain Laboratory, a collaboration of 19 laboratories supported by the Simons Foundation, found that decision processes occur across many parts of the brain simultaneously and aren’t siloed in separate structures, as was previously hypothesized.
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Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Wakefield and co-authors hypothesized that intestinal inflammation after the MMR vaccine released gut proteins that eventually migrated to the brain, causing damage that was reflected in autism symptoms.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
It’s been hypothesized that vitamin D and calcium supplements may facilitate weight loss.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
But to the researchers’ surprise, their survey revealed a second secret tunnel that experts had only hypothesized about for years.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The Suppression of Memories The research team hypothesized that sleep deprivation disrupts the prefrontal cortex — a brain region responsible for functions such as memory processing and emotional regulation — leading to an increase in intrusive memories.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
And if the water was blown by wind, that means it was not covered in ice, as some scientists have hypothesized.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Researchers believe that this star may also have a smaller, redder companion star nearby, something that Welch says the team had hypothesized at the outset when the first found it.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
It is hypothesized that trauma may be associated with this.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Wakefield and co-authors hypothesized that intestinal inflammation after the MMR vaccine released gut proteins that eventually migrated to the brain, causing damage that was reflected in autism symptoms.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
It’s been hypothesized that vitamin D and calcium supplements may facilitate weight loss.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
But to the researchers’ surprise, their survey revealed a second secret tunnel that experts had only hypothesized about for years.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The Suppression of Memories The research team hypothesized that sleep deprivation disrupts the prefrontal cortex — a brain region responsible for functions such as memory processing and emotional regulation — leading to an increase in intrusive memories.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
And if the water was blown by wind, that means it was not covered in ice, as some scientists have hypothesized.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Researchers believe that this star may also have a smaller, redder companion star nearby, something that Welch says the team had hypothesized at the outset when the first found it.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
It is hypothesized that trauma may be associated with this.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Hypothesized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothesized. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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