as in to guess
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all
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Recent Examples of daresay
And then, there’s the Park Hyatt Tokyo, which reopened last week after a 19-month closure to undergo a very thoughtful, daresay cautious, renovation.
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Nick Remsen, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
And while the mute Leatherface steals the show, the movie's documentary-like opening narration and audio of heinous news reports hint at something, daresay, more sophisticated.
—RenÉ A. Guzman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2019
Nick Remsen, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
And while the mute Leatherface steals the show, the movie's documentary-like opening narration and audio of heinous news reports hint at something, daresay, more sophisticated.
—RenÉ A. Guzman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daresay
Verb
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Under your careful eye, progress gets measured, not guessed.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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For years now, there has been a lot of waiting, guessing and surely in-house prevaricating about who will be the next James Bond.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Minear replies coyly when asked a question that assumes Dixie and Buck went home together.—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a massive storm cloud.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After all, isn’t your cleanser supposed to remove oil from your face—not add more to the equation?—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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Govan watched as the budget ballooned, and what was initially supposed to be a $650 million building became a $720 million albatross.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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Rather quickly, the bears came out and presumed that Blue Owl cherry-picked the best loans and sold most of them to the three arms-length investors and the rest to the captive insurance company.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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Researchers presumed that certain genes were more active in this part of the heart, and that this activity explained the formation of the muscular network of trabeculae.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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In some regions, that means the actual sea level could be several meters higher, meaning millions more people are at risk of inundation than previously thought.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now, the speaker of the House thinks that bill went too far.—
Mark Dee
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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As of Thursday, police have not provided updates regarding the person suspected of hitting the officer and if they have been found and arrested.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The state force receives about 70 calls a year for their services, including one to Montana last year to help find a man suspected in the killing of four people at an Anaconda bar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Daresay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daresay. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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