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as in theory
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as in idea
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Recent Examples of hunch
Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Her shoulders appeared hunched, and her legs were splayed out beneath her.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump hasn’t come out and said it, or even hinted as much, but my hunch is that, this year, our tax money will be put toward some sort of public egg-subsidy program.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Now, with the arrival of the 45th president’s re-inauguration as POTUS 47, most movie-business insiders are hunched in a crash position alongside Disney executives.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Her shoulders appeared hunched, and her legs were splayed out beneath her.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
Purely a hunch, but Chicago having a little more desperation/need pushes them over the top.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump hasn’t come out and said it, or even hinted as much, but my hunch is that, this year, our tax money will be put toward some sort of public egg-subsidy program.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunch
Verb
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What disrupts the playful opening to what will become a quietly devastating look at PTSD, however, is a sudden cut to a girl crouching next to the body.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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Shaver crouched on her knees as the sun started to rise, carefully lifting the hatchlings out of their box and laying them on the sand facing the vast sea, guarding them from crabs and gulls, herding stray hatchlings in the right direction.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Follow Di Placido for more meme explainers, television reviews, film theories and deep dives into digital culture.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Other theories include the theory that Lottie died by suicide.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Visibility increases with the top down, though in reality, the large roll humps behind the two headrests still create blind spots.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Other symptoms of Cushing's can include a hump on the back of the neck, noticeable pink or purple abdominal stretch marks, fatigue and hair growth on the face.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA TODAY,
10 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Chip and Joanna Gaines seem to have different ideas of fun at amusement parks!—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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This innovative idea allows companies to analyze and optimize their processes with real-time results rather than relying on subjective interviews.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The puppies, estimated to be between 12 and 14 weeks old, were seen huddled together trying to stay warm in the porch as temperatures dropped below zero degrees with wind chills.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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With help a good 30 minutes out and Gray struggling to coordinate a water drop, Tim and Lucy huddled in the middle of the road beneath a foil fire blanket.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ora first chose Heidi Montag, but later piggybacked off of Thicke's guess of Bethenny Frankel.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles or even Texas would be reasonable guesses, but the answer is much more interesting.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This division between true crime fan factions may also reflect something of the exponential growth of the true crime community, which had long been a grassroots movement until Serial exploded on the podcasting scene in 2014.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
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Season 14 Erika is lighter, focusing on her personal growth and independence, and serving as a (mostly) neutral mediator between the warring forces of Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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More important, the notion of having U.S. mining operations on or near the border between the Ukraine and Russia, especially the bord is with its occupied Ukrainian territory, to serve as a deterrence to future military action is hardly going to appeal to most private companies.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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What Fuller did, however, was challenge this notion, Powell said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Hunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunch. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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