daresaying

verb

present participle of daresay
as in assuming
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 Synonyms for daresaying
  1. assuming
  2. guessing
  3. supposing
  4. thinking
Verb
  • Branch has similarities to Xavier Worthy, and that gives him the chance to be another WR4 with weekly boom upside … assuming Tagovailoa eats some spinach for that arm or Michael Penix returns under center.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Larry Berg is just months away from assuming his new role as Major League Soccer’s next commissioner.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of assuming
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
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  • 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
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  • Kingbull’s sale starts August 20, and for riders already tired of thinking about parking, buses, and short car trips, these four models are at least worth a closer look.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than dominating the conversation, hear what your team is thinking.
    — Terri Eagle, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of thinking
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“Daresaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daresaying. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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