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Hedging softens a claim to sound more cautious, polite, or academically careful — using modal verbs, adverbs of possibility, and reporting verbs instead of stating something as an absolute fact.
This proves that the theory is correct.
This suggests that the theory may be correct. — Academic writing usually hedges strong claims rather than stating certainty.
It is certain that costs will fall.
It seems likely that costs will fall. — Hedge predictions instead of presenting them as guaranteed facts.
The plan might fail.
This may tend to cause the problem.