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
This long-wear undereye brightener takes the guesswork out of it for you and comes in four brightening shades: light rose, warm nude, toffee, and mocha hues.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
Yet some things are more certain than others, the most important of these factors being the ones that are on solid footing beneath all of the guesswork.
—Gordon Feller, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
Higher costs lead to a lower tolerance for guesswork.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
The meter takes out the guesswork of watering your plants by providing accurate readings of the moisture content in your plant's soil.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
Yet some things are more certain than others, the most important of these factors being the ones that are on solid footing beneath all of the guesswork.
—Gordon Feller, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
Higher costs lead to a lower tolerance for guesswork.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
The meter takes out the guesswork of watering your plants by providing accurate readings of the moisture content in your plant's soil.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins’ offseason travels sparked speculation online about which NFL team the veteran could suit up for next season.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Newsom is one in a deep bench of Democratic governors stoking 2028 speculation, while Ocasio-Cortez herself is thought to have ambitions for higher office.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2025
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These complex models require massive amounts of electricity not just during training, but continuously during deployment (or inference) as well.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Dynamo revolutionizes inference economics by enhancing speed, scalability and affordability, allowing organizations to provide advanced AI experiences without a proportional rise in infrastructure costs.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Proving the full conjecture seemed prohibitively difficult.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
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There is only immense conjecture of what that might be like.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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No theory about what Facebook should be in the world.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Here are 10 theories, based on conversations with dozens of top Democrats, on what went wrong and what needs to change.—
Alex Thompson,
Axios,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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