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
Yet Of course, there is still guesswork involved here, because there are no 20-year-old mainstream EVs, and precious few even over 10 years.
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James Morris, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
This takes the guesswork out of stepping down in weight during an exercise to max out your muscle capacity.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The best makeup brush sets take the guesswork out of building out your arsenal of tools.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Including open scoring would remove all of the guesswork.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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James Morris, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
This takes the guesswork out of stepping down in weight during an exercise to max out your muscle capacity.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The best makeup brush sets take the guesswork out of building out your arsenal of tools.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Including open scoring would remove all of the guesswork.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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From renovating their homes to relocating entirely, the constant moves have sparked much speculation.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Grammy-winning singer returned to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, more than a year after she was first spotted in the stands as romance speculation swirled.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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For certain applications and prompts, increasing how long inference takes simply doesn’t make sense, says Dilek Hakkani-Tur, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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This has already triggered an inference price war in China, which will likely spill over to the rest of the world.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Whether that is by design or chance is a matter of speculation and conjecture.—
Jeremy Yurow,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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This is purely conjecture for now until the new staff evaluates the players the Bears have under contract.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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The theory dates to An Emerging Democratic Majority, an influential 2002 book by political scientists John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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All three men were national and international icons whose assassinations — and the theories swirling around them — became the stuff of books, movies, controversy, and the pages of history itself.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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