How to Use anybody's/anyone's guess in a Sentence

anybody's/anyone's guess

noun
  • The extent of the blowback on the U.S. is anyone's guess.
    — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Whether and how the takeover will happen, at this stage in the game, is anyone's guess.
    — Barbara Ortutay, ajc, 14 May 2022
  • Just who's holding the bag in the image above is anyone's guess for now.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But when -- and how -- that will happen is still anyone's guess.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • When it will be covered in ice this year is anyone's guess.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The reason for that is unclear, and where all the Bitcoins are is anyone's guess.
    — CBS News, 21 May 2021
  • How and where the medals will be presented is anyone's guess.
    — Eddie Pells, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • What the Bears do with that selection is anyone's guess.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Where the Giants go from these two losses is anybody's guess.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • What's aboard the rocket that launched in the early morning hours from Cape Canaveral is anyone's guess.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • And whether the case will go to trial before the next election this November is anybody's guess.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Whether any of them will be there in person tomorrow is anybody's guess.
    — Robert Boyd, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Doyel:What Pacers do with highest pick since 1989 is anyone's guess.
    — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2022
  • The duration of any fresh shutdown, should one occur in the coming days, would be anyone's guess.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • How this goes is anybody's guess, given the unpredictability of the first two months for all these teams.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021
  • That said: The timeline for a full normalization is still anyone's guess.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 19 July 2022
  • Why the Mavericks would want to do this now, for this little draft equity, is anyone's guess.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Whether either will show up is still anyone's guess, but the clues are there, and episode 3 now gives a much more overt nod to the latter possibility.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • How much Holt will be needed after opening night is anybody's guess.
    — David Bauder, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • But where the popular fitness business goes from here is anyone's guess.
    — Emma McAleavy, Outside Online, 26 June 2020
  • Minshew would represent the next one, and when the next one arrives after that becomes anyone's guess.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Even so, a $40 or $41 late fee for a second infraction within six months or so, by anyone's guess, is a great deal of money to most people.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Whether this group will influence an election is anyone's guess.
    — Ariana Triggs, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • Where Happy will be nearly 30 years later is anyone's guess.
    — Mike Miller, EW.com, 15 May 2024
  • Now, where that threshold level resides is anyone's guess.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Read more What will happen at Trump's Tuesday court appearance is anybody's guess.
    — Steve Coogan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • How Nurse Ratched makes it from Lucia to Oregon is anyone's guess, and perhaps perfect fodder for a second season.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Whether all of these processors will be replaced by budget-friendly Ryzen 7000 CPUs later this fall is anyone's guess.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Whether or not this return to more vigorous eruptions at Ambae means that the volcano will continue to ramp up is anyone's guess.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2018
  • If this isn't resolved, what exactly would happen to the tech industry during a long-term Samsung strike is anyone's guess.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024

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