sheer speculation
Frequency: 6.28.5 per million words
used to emphasize that something is completely a guess
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Examples (10)
- His theory was based on nothing but sheer speculation.
- Without any concrete evidence, everything you hear is just sheer speculation.
- The rumors circulating about the company's merger are sheer speculation.
- To predict the outcome of the election now would be sheer speculation.
- Don't mistake sheer speculation for factual information.
- Her claims about the hidden treasure proved to be sheer speculation.
- The media's reporting on the celebrity's private life was largely sheer speculation.
- Any talk of a new product launch is, at this stage, sheer speculation.
- We need solid data to make a decision, not just sheer speculation.
- The police dismissed the witness's far-fetched story as sheer speculation.