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guess

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noun

as in guessing
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence if you don't know the answer for sure, just make a guess

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Recent Examples of guess
Verb
Of course, David was right to guess that something was up with the Kamilla of it all. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025 Some teachers have pushed back against the changes to reading instruction, which place a greater emphasis on phonics and discourage the use of context clues to guess at words. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
These researchers organized forecasting tournaments and recruited dozens of non-category experts to make educated guesses about where specific events would lead. Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 How long that tune plays, though, is anybody’s guess. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guess
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guess
Verb
  • Even after Maryland replied with four consecutive tallies to assume a 4-2 lead, Rutgers answered with three straight goals, and the Terps had to outscore the Scarlet Knights, 3-1, to take a 7-6 lead into halftime.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Elliott was first reported to have assumed a position in the oil and gas company back in February, driving a share rally amid expectations that its involvement could pressure BP to shift gears from its green strategy and back toward its core oil and gas businesses.
    Ruxandra Iordache,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 26% of adults and 19% of children in the United States have seasonal allergies.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The Migration Policy Institute estimates that while arrests have increased, the pace of deportations is, so far, down from the last fiscal year of the Biden administration.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The workshop acknowledges that people usually think of consent and boundaries in extreme terms.
    William Jones, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The Browns must think otherwise to be taking him with a top 100 pick, but this one is hard to explain.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The stay in the beach house was supposed to clear their heads, and Joe wasn’t supposed to show up.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Cass has his own problems to deal with, though: He’s supposed to rendezvous on a forested planet with someone named Porco, but his disguise as an Imperial pilot works too well, and a group of squabbling sorta-rebels mistake him for the real thing.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Without the freedom to experiment, fail and figure things out the hard way, the products, software, and systems that are normative in our day-to-day experience would have never come into existence.
    Colleen Batchelder, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The Michigan product doesn't ever figure to be much of a force as a pass-rusher, though, and teams may not want to invest a first-round pick on a one-dimensional player.
    Bryce Lazenby, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Musk has never denied his hard-charging style and believes that his work building electric cars and rockets is crucial for the health of the planet and the continuation of the human species, and that his DOGE work responds to threats of U.S. bankruptcy.
    Jonathan Landay, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • And if White Houses have believed this too, that the people that are being covered do not choose who covers them.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The site goes on to advance the theory that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab and undermines Trump’s political rivals like Joe Biden and Andrew Cuomo.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • That’s just a theory, not a spoiler or even a prediction.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • It is also suspected to exacerbate hyperactivity in children.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • According to a source, Nader suspects that the pro dancer, 41, had cheated on her and called things off.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Guess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guess. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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