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
Veteran Forbes travel writer Lewis Nunn recommends taking the guesswork out of the equation and traveling with Unforgettable Croatia, a luxury tour operator that offers small yacht cruises throughout the Adriatic.
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Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Those translations, done by a relatively few individuals who know the language, required a lot of labor — and perhaps some guesswork.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
In other words, today’s businesses needn’t rely on guesswork to sell products and services.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Automating workflows eliminates guesswork—triggering gifts at the right moments and tracking performance metrics in real time.
—Archer Chiang, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Those translations, done by a relatively few individuals who know the language, required a lot of labor — and perhaps some guesswork.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
In other words, today’s businesses needn’t rely on guesswork to sell products and services.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Automating workflows eliminates guesswork—triggering gifts at the right moments and tracking performance metrics in real time.
—Archer Chiang, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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Some see the church’s future as lying in Asia, which has led to speculation the next pope could be from Southeast Asia.—
Alicia Johnson,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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There’s also growing speculation that the Federal Reserve might soon cut interest rates.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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With the massive investments in AI-specific compute capabilities and capacity, along with advancements in inference and reasoning, delivering impactful outcomes to some of our most confounding challenges now seems within reach.—
Rob Green,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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For decades, it had been assumed that Jupiter's atmosphere was well-mixed—a belief that then guided inferences about the gas giant's interior makeup.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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There’s a lot of conjecture that the album was recorded in various states of drunkenness, which doesn’t fit the timeline of Warren’s sobriety.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Beyond conjecture about device costs and business models, the major takeaway here is a question: Why is BCI funding so heavily skewed to substantially smaller market opportunities?—
Naveen Rao,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The most likely answer is that the account is run by a member of a competing stan community, but my theory is that the Blue Origin mission got in the way of Wendy’s own major technological launch on Monday, April 14: Frostys with flavor swirls in them.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The site goes on to advance the theory that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab and undermines Trump’s political rivals like Joe Biden and Andrew Cuomo.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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