speculating (about)

verb

present participle of speculate (about)
as in brooding (about or over)

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reasoning
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  • Republicans saw all this coming from a mile away, of course, spending huge sums to help Cornyn defeat Paxton in the primary, reasoning that the general election would be a relative layup for Cornyn.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Contrived or not, the models appeared to be reasoning about their own situations— forming plans, weighing consequences, anticipating countermoves.
    — Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Speculating (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculating%20%28about%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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