I actually carry a notebook and when someone provides an insight or suggestion I write it down and let it "peculate" to see if, how, and where it makes since and how to apply it if it is considered valuable and beneficial to the path I am walking. From Wordnik.com. [So...What's Next?!?] Reference
The company has the financial heft to be an acquirer, and is nearly always mentioned as a potential buyer when analysts peculate about deals. From Wordnik.com. [GE Faces Hurdles in the Oil Patch] Reference
Inhabit the voices, pushing the choices, falling as you make those noises, poised, moist, peculate and mutilate just to sedate the rate at which I debate. From Wordnik.com. [poeticdragon Diary Entry] Reference
No man ever paid a bribe for the handling of the public money, but to peculate from it. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12)] Reference
The former is counted by hundreds of taels; the latter, by thousands, especially where there is a temptation to peculate. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of China] Reference
Many people from ailments that are not that sincere and are treatable, but only if they peculate their medication regularly. From Wordnik.com. [Article directories Celibataire Urbaine] Reference
It is true that the excellent chef began to peculate, but as his cuisine did not suffer, the result was not noticeable for a long period. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
That great man little liked that any one but himself should peculate in his dominions, and, in the end, M. de Talleyrand was obliged to quit the. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Europe] Reference
Los Angeles Two firms want to turn America's growing obsession with how much movies make into a full-blown futures exchange through which investors can peculate on. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
He is a most kind and indulgent master, and, provided his servants humor his peculiarities, flatter his vanity a little now and then, and do not peculate grossly on him before his face they may manage him to perfection. From Wordnik.com. [The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon] Reference
He is a most kind and indulgent master, and, provided his servants humor his peculiarities, flatter his vanity a little now and then, and do not peculate grossly on him before his face, they may manage him to perfection. From Wordnik.com. [John Bull] Reference
"And if you consider that continued hospitalization is needed, we'll peculate her into Boston" Thank you And as benefit of Nikki, dialect mayhap she wouldn't be unhealthy if you hadn't allowed her to call in Caroline in front we knew what the hapless frail had. From Wordnik.com. [Social Media Firehose] Reference
Two firms want to turn America's growing obsession with how much money movies make into a full-blown futures exchange through which investors can peculate on Hollywood profits and losses, much as traditional commodities markets offer wagers on the future prices of pork bellies and orange juice. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Now every honest man would say, -- "I came to a bad system: I had every facility of abusing my power, I had every temptation to peculate, I had every incitement to oppress, I had every means of concealment, by the defects of the system; but I corrected that evil system by the goodness of my administration, by the prudence, the energy, the virtue of my conduct.". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12)] Reference
Gone is the time when a governor could peculate or extort and see his loot safe because he put it in someone else’s name. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
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