as in speculation
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as in assuming
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
though she does not speak with an accent, I would still guess that she is a foreigner
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as in estimating
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I would guess the road goes for about two miles before you have to take a left
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as in thinking
to have as an opinion
I never would have guessed that she was capable of such a terrible thing
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Recent Examples of guessing
Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
Keep your audience guessing in the best possible way.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Domi made a perfect pass and kept the goaltender guessing until the last minute.
—Omar White, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Players are tasked with guessing a mystery five-letter word—and must do so in six attempts or fewer.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
My entire row spent the flight making friendship bracelets and guessing about final-show surprises.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Stop guessing and start growing.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
That lack of publicly available guidance may also leave more taxpayers guessing at the proper tax treatment of certain transactions and unable to proactively assess the viability of certain tax positions before including them on their tax returns.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Each likes to keep everyone around him guessing.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
This complete entertainment system is ready for new spaces, ideal for both backyard parties and road trips (like the recent cross-country adventures launched for a unique geo-guessing challenge).
—Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
Keep your audience guessing in the best possible way.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Domi made a perfect pass and kept the goaltender guessing until the last minute.
—Omar White, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Players are tasked with guessing a mystery five-letter word—and must do so in six attempts or fewer.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
My entire row spent the flight making friendship bracelets and guessing about final-show surprises.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Stop guessing and start growing.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
That lack of publicly available guidance may also leave more taxpayers guessing at the proper tax treatment of certain transactions and unable to proactively assess the viability of certain tax positions before including them on their tax returns.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Each likes to keep everyone around him guessing.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guessing
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Mangini's speculation was rooted in how Rodgers referenced Johnson's teenage son, Brick Johnson, in his statement.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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In 2016, Chinese national Su Bin admitted to a five-year-long conspiracy, stealing terabytes of US military data via a Boeing computer, including designs for the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the C-17 Globemaster III, which led to speculation over the designs found in the Shenyang J-35.New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
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Change Your Team's Stereotypical Mindset Through Education A powerful tip for resonating authentically with diverse media is to avoid assuming each ethnicity only connects with its own.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong's successor, instituted the policy in 1979 as one of his first initiatives after assuming power.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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You’d be forgiven for estimating that about half of those have come in games against Philadelphia.Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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So if, as articles like this one suggest, Nvidia wants to start selling web services and software subscriptions to businesses,leaders are estimating that the company can make $150 billion a year!John Werner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Animal Identity Thinking about animal payments gave me an excuse to point of that those of us in the digital identity community probably do not spend anything like enough time thinking about identification, authentication and authorisation in the context of the digital identity of animals.David G.W. Birch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The theory is one of many being pursed by law enforcement and investigators are working to determine if the string of recent burglaries are connected and if so, who might be responsible.Robert Legare, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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One theory was that the shift reflected voters’ unhappiness with local Democratic leaders amid high prices, homelessness and migrant waves in their cities.The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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At the end of the nineteen-nineties, the veteran value investor—one that looks for undervalued stocks—shied away from soaring Internet and technology stocks, believing that their prices had departed from financial reality, and that the market was heading for a crash.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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However, that rally could peter out in the new year, with analysts as a group believing the stock could fall more than 43% in 2025.Sean Conlon, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Including open scoring would remove all of the guesswork.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Between the lines: In this age of rising costs, tasting menus also create stability for a restaurant staff by taking most of the guesswork out of your customers' orders.Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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This has implications for companies calculating their effective tax rates under the GLOBE rules, so a pretty important topic for taxpayers.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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In calculating the net present value, the owner should use an appropriate discount rate.Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Guessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guessing. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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