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conjecturing

verb

present participle of conjecture

as in estimating

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement he conjectured that the theater could seat 1000 people more or less

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as in guessing

to form an opinion from little or no evidence you're only conjecturing that he was the culprit

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Recent Examples of conjecturing The moment prompted extensive online speculation, with some social media users and commentators conjecturing that his words may have been critical or disrespectful. — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

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Fuentes has instructed his followers to withhold their votes, estimating that this bloc could add up to some 3% of the general election vote.

— Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
Space42 expects new services to require time to build subscriber bases, establish commercial packages, and secure adoption, with Sabbagh estimating this could take one to three years.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of estimating

Verb

Every year, Heidi Klum—the undisputed queen of Halloween—keeps spooky season fans guessing as to her next big costume reveal.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026
Diving In One common tip from solvers was to try to make your category groups outside of the game before guessing, such as writing them down on a sheet of paper or on your phone.

— Isaac Aronow, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of guessing

Verb

In this movie, it is revealed that Ghidorah is less a king and more a pawn, under the control of calculating Xiliens as part of a plan to subjugate Earth.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
In this case, that’s enough for calculating a crude orbit, but at least one more spatially separate point is mathematically necessary to estimate anything about that orbit’s shape.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of calculating

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How to Quit Smoking finds Fike at 30, now a dad and still figuring a lot of things out.

— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026
There’s a lot left to get back on the right track — especially with the New York Giants figuring things out at the top of the division — but Monday’s result could serve as the launching pad for a run in the next few weeks.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of figuring

Verb

More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025

Definition of supposing

Verb

Black, who helped found private equity giant Apollo Global Management, accused Garcia of making maliciously false statements, citing statements the ranking member of the House oversight committee made in interviews.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
Officials underscored the progress students have been making in the classroom.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of making

Verb

House Speaker Matt Ritter has been approached about becoming the interim president of the University of Connecticut and legislators and staff have been speculating in recent days about his future.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026
That has not stopped people from speculating about potential moves.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

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