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Calculating the drug's long-term effects is pure guesswork.
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This helps mitigate guesswork and creates a more confident and informed funding approach.
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William Jones, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Some are also capable of reading the test strips, which takes away the guesswork of manually color matching to the guide.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Confidence Perhaps most importantly, Frida Mom products help take the guesswork out of what to buy for one of life’s biggest (and often, most stressful) events.
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Faster diagnostics are the new front line For decades, treating bacterial infections has involved a lot of educated guesswork.
—André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
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William Jones, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Some are also capable of reading the test strips, which takes away the guesswork of manually color matching to the guide.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Confidence Perhaps most importantly, Frida Mom products help take the guesswork out of what to buy for one of life’s biggest (and often, most stressful) events.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Faster diagnostics are the new front line For decades, treating bacterial infections has involved a lot of educated guesswork.
—André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guesswork. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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guesswork
noun
guess·work
-ˌwərk 
: work performed or results gotten by guessing
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