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as in theory
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as in idea
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Recent Examples of hunch
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
There was, for example, the fellow who sat hunched forward in a folding camp chair on the shore of a Wyoming lake where my family and I paused with our camper one summer.
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Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
April 20 – May 20 A quiet hunch about money or timing could turn out unusually profitable today.
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Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Verb
Hardworking professionals in cafés, airports, or parks hunched over a laptop while carefully dragging their fingers over their PC’s trackpad to navigate some email, project, or alert that can’t be ignored.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
There was, for example, the fellow who sat hunched forward in a folding camp chair on the shore of a Wyoming lake where my family and I paused with our camper one summer.
—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
Noun
If his hunch is correct, the Royals will challenge.
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Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
April 20 – May 20 A quiet hunch about money or timing could turn out unusually profitable today.
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Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunch
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The image in question features Grande crouched on the ground while sucking a lollipop and loving a happy black dog.
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The first showed him walking hand-in-hand with his sons, and the second showed Jack crouched down in a church pew as one of his sons played with toys, surrounded by coloring books and stickers.
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At a moment when technology companies were promising to bring people closer together, David Fincher’s acerbic drama about the founding of Facebook had a darker theory about why people wanted to connect in the first place.
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Susan Brands has a theory for why people come out of the woodwork seeking handouts from lottery winners.
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And Beats Studio Buds Updates With Bug Fixes: How To Install That became the straw that got her over the camel’s hump, so to speak.
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In fact, while sand traps aren’t overabundant, elevation changes, natural grass humps and, yes, some sand does challenge you most every hole.
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So, Larry took a shine to this idea very quickly, in a way that Larry rarely takes a shine to anything.
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The World's Fair, as it's also known, introduced millions of people to inventions, architecture and ideas that still influence our lives today.
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Mary Bis, senior director of emergency management for Amtrak, told a group of passengers huddled inside the gym of Northwestern High School that the crash was under federal investigation.
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In downtown Caracas, hundreds of people spent the night huddled in parks, parking lots and other open spaces.
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An outdated bag from Saint Laurent, Fendi, Dior or Gucci can come roaring back, and serial numbers, dust bags and original hardware separate a real payday from a guess.
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Experts have made wide-ranging guesses for more than three decades.
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In its proxy statement, for example, Fox cited revenue growth at its popular streaming service Tubi and high ratings for Fox News and Fox Sports.
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For example, tree rings have helped show how Hurricane Harvey's intense flooding in Texas affected tree growth and how rain storms are intensifying.
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While Taylor Swift often gets credit for popularizing the notion of era reinventions, artists have played with their visuals to communicate and market new album cycles for decades — just look at Beyoncé, Madonna, David Bowie and The Beatles.
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New research debunks the notion that the gender gap is primarily due to women’s lack of AI skills, interest or access.
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“Hunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunch. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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