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
Our annual Best for Baby Awards highlight the latest and greatest baby products, taking the guesswork out of what can be a daunting process.
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Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 22 May 2025
Take the guesswork out of how many plants to grow in a container with these simple tips.
—Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2025
The worst examples of Google's idiomatic AI guesswork are ones where the LLM slips past plausible interpretations and into sheer hallucination of completely fictional sources.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
This shift has rendered guesswork obsolete, making DDDM an essential tool for tackling the multifaceted demands of contemporary property management.
—Johan Hajji, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 22 May 2025
Take the guesswork out of how many plants to grow in a container with these simple tips.
—Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2025
The worst examples of Google's idiomatic AI guesswork are ones where the LLM slips past plausible interpretations and into sheer hallucination of completely fictional sources.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
This shift has rendered guesswork obsolete, making DDDM an essential tool for tackling the multifaceted demands of contemporary property management.
—Johan Hajji, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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In light of the speculation, many people have been calling for NBC to announce Kotb as Clarkson’s future replacement — including a producer for the show, who spoke with The Daily Mail a few days ago.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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But the appeals court, Alito said, deferred to school officials’ speculation about the effects of the T-shirt, even though there were no actual disruptions, and accepted the administrator’s conclusion that the shirt’s messaged demeaned others’ personal identity.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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To successfully argue a Voting Rights Act claim, Stephanopoulos said, a plaintiff would need to compare precinct-specific demographic data with the results of an ecological inference study, which estimates voting behaviors based on aggregate-level election data.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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Intel’s Core Ultra processors with neural processing capabilities support local AI inference, bridging on-device intelligence with cloud resources.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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If the conjectures are true, then all sorts of equations beyond elliptic curves will be similarly tethered to objects in their mirror realm.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
2 June 2025
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Many observers were perplexed that an eighty-two-year-old man with virtually unlimited access to medical care—and about whose health there has been virtually unlimited conjecture—could have gone undiagnosed until the cancer threatened his life.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Russian sources, however, have suggested a third theory: that Portnov might have held compromising material on current Ukrainian officials.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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But as hardcore Swift fans know, popular theories don’t always play out in real life.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 May 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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