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
Preset programs The vast majority of microwaves have at least a handful of preset programs to take the guesswork out of microwave cooking.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
This easy-to-follow dress code eliminates some guesswork.
—Anny Choi, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Microgrids, on the other hand, offer a lower-emission, scalable solution that can be installed coincident with actual demand, avoiding the guesswork of whether future loads will justify the investment.
—Allan Schurr, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Our new feature removes the guesswork by aligning schedules with union rules and letting employees rank their shift preferences.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 18 Jan. 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
This easy-to-follow dress code eliminates some guesswork.
—Anny Choi, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Microgrids, on the other hand, offer a lower-emission, scalable solution that can be installed coincident with actual demand, avoiding the guesswork of whether future loads will justify the investment.
—Allan Schurr, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Our new feature removes the guesswork by aligning schedules with union rules and letting employees rank their shift preferences.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 18 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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Your public profile grew quite significantly during the last album cycle, accompanied by speculation around your love life.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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Late last week, employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration received layoff letters that were rescinded hours later, fueling speculation that DOGE backtracked after realizing the key role the workers played in maintaining the U.S. nuclear stockpile.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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At the moment, demand is higher for training chips, but analysts have predicted the need for inference chips could surpass them as more AI applications are deployed.—
Anna Tong,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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But Roger Noll, a professor emeritus of economics at Stanford, said these reports are often misleading and draw incorrect inferences.—
Grace Hase,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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And what started out as hopeful conjecture finally became a reality.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
20 Feb. 2025
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Weissmann wrote that the woman saw who shot her; her account wasn’t based on conjecture.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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But actually, Darwin’s theory is based on fitness to survive, which does not always mean big and strong.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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For highly social animals like humans and other primates, the native opioid system may also play a role in social bonding, according to one influential theory.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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