conjecturing

verb

present participle of conjecture
1
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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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjecturing
  1. estimating
  2. guessing
  3. calculating
  4. assuming
  5. figuring
  6. supposing
  7. making
  8. speculating
Verb
  • While research falls short on estimating how many faces a person sees in a day in 2026, researchers estimated a decade ago that 95 million photos and videos were posted to Instagram each day.
    — Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Its retirement toolkit includes calculators for estimating monthly retirement income, comparing the tax impact of different withdrawal strategies and evaluating Roth conversions.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of estimating
Verb
  • The Bot gets a point for guessing in three and loses it again for losing to me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • So the public is left guessing about how much climate pollution is tied to the large language models of OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX’s SpaceXAI, and whether the companies plan to curb it.
    — Olivia Raimonde, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of guessing
Verb
  • This means taxpayers won’t be responsible for determining eligibility or calculating their own deduction as many were for their 2025 return.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Leaders in that town were also outraged and are calculating the cost of clean up with the intention of billing the firm, officials have said.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of calculating
Verb
  • His immediate tasks since assuming the top job have been sustaining momentum in Disney's core growth areas, namely its theme parks and streaming divisions.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In a sense, the proof shows that a world in which love never returns is a world whose geometry tears itself apart—assuming, of course, the proof holds up.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of assuming
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  • So there was this element of newness and freshness to figuring it out.
    — William Earl, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • So, yeah, I have been involved, of course, in figuring that out.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 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
  • The Cubs have been relentless against lefties this season, and that pressure continued Wednesday with lefty Jackson Kent, a Lake Park graduate from Hanover Park, making his major-league debut for the Nationals.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Her artistic work extends into visual illustration and fashion, with her tattoos and styling choices making her a distinctively individual presence in the group's lineup.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of making
Verb
  • Does Michael Crichton still write a 1990 novel speculating about what this would be like?
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But some have been speculating that the restriction is related to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculating

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