as in speculation
the act or process of finding an answer by guessing
This book takes the guesswork out of buying a home. Calculating the drug's long-term effects is pure guesswork.
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Recent Examples of guesswork
Eliminate the guesswork of when and where your dinner will happen for the group.
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
By taking the guesswork out of each stage of the dining experience, your only responsibility is to enjoy the meal.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Those settings adjust automatically to your hair texture, taking the guesswork out of daily styling.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
The side brush reaching into corners is clutch, and detergent auto-dosing saves guesswork.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
By taking the guesswork out of each stage of the dining experience, your only responsibility is to enjoy the meal.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Those settings adjust automatically to your hair texture, taking the guesswork out of daily styling.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
The side brush reaching into corners is clutch, and detergent auto-dosing saves guesswork.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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Kamala Harris weighs in on another presidential bid Despite the speculation, the governor was one of the Biden-Harris campaign's most vocal surrogates.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Rather than punishing Li — as some initial speculation suggested — Beijing formalized his role last week as top trade negotiator.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Such controls could become especially valuable given that, unlike the inferences tech platforms have been able to draw about users based on their online behavior, users tell AI chatbots personal things about themselves directly.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Broadcom’s custom inference chips and racks are slated to begin deployment in late 2026, as part of Stargate’s first 10‑gigawatt phase.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Karl Popper said that science is about conjecture and refutation.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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These can require more unraveling, and the further back one goes, the more conjecture there is.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The connection between the two cases lies in his approach and the use of controversial theories involving rituals and hidden motivations, which drew significant criticism of his conduct as a prosecutor.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Another theory is that very heavy rainfall after serious drought violently sloshed the waters of Lake Nyos.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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