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
Higher costs lead to a lower tolerance for guesswork.
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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
There are also deals on matching furniture sets that take the guesswork out of furnishing a deck, patio, or backyard.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Garrett takes the guesswork out of it and pairs an in-prime defensive star on the same timeline as their star and franchise quarterback.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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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
There are also deals on matching furniture sets that take the guesswork out of furnishing a deck, patio, or backyard.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Garrett takes the guesswork out of it and pairs an in-prime defensive star on the same timeline as their star and franchise quarterback.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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The man Frank Ocean is rumored to be dating has shared a snippet of an unreleased song from the singer, further fueling speculation surrounding the mysterious music star’s romantic life.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Ovechkin has overcome a broken leg this season that cost him 16 games and weathered speculation over the last couple of seasons that his game is slipping.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The scientific method proceeds roughly as follows: An analyst writes down a mathematical model of the phenomena in question (the theory), collects some data and uses the tools of probabilistic inference to estimate the unknowns.—
Eric Novik,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The system essentially uses compression as a form of inference.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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We are mostly left with conjecture and speculation.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Proving the full conjecture seemed prohibitively difficult.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The theory is soon put to rest, though, when Rivera Garza starts receiving strange messages from the killer, signed with the names of different female artists.—
Nicolás Medina Mora,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2025
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This is a theory that has been championed by Polish theoretical physicist Nikodem Poplawski of the University of New Haven.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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