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 shift has rendered guesswork obsolete, making DDDM an essential tool for tackling the multifaceted demands of contemporary property management.
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Johan Hajji, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
This virtual sommelier intends to take the guesswork—and the gamble—out of ordering wine.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
Luckily, the right real estate agent can take the guesswork out of the process and help make the transition into your new space seamless.
—Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
So, for now, the only way to peer inside neutron stars is with math and a heavy dose of guesswork.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Johan Hajji, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
This virtual sommelier intends to take the guesswork—and the gamble—out of ordering wine.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
Luckily, the right real estate agent can take the guesswork out of the process and help make the transition into your new space seamless.
—Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
So, for now, the only way to peer inside neutron stars is with math and a heavy dose of guesswork.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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Yes, after much speculation, Eddie moves back to Los Angeles to continue working with the 118.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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For the blockchain space, the campaign provides a use case for fan-facing experiences that don’t center on financial speculation.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Proximity — Use cases like fraud detection, robotics and personalized content demand low-latency inference, requiring compute to move closer to users and devices.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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This work focuses greatly on advanced techniques such as model compression, quantization, and distributed inference along with federated learning.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Based on this assumption, one mathematician even built an entire edifice of conjectures about exotic spheres and other shapes.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
5 May 2025
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Pope Francis, 88, died on Easter Monday, April 21, after a weeks-long illness, sparking a flurry of activity and conjecture as one of the world's oldest and most far-reaching institutions prepares to choose a new leader.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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My session stretched almost two hours, including a half-hour theory overview on the dunes.—
David Shortell,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2025
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One theory suggests Mars lost its water to space as solar wind stripped it from the atmosphere — a process supported by ratios of isotopes on the Red Planet, or distinct species of chemical elements, seen today.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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