as in speculation
the act or process of finding an answer by guessing
This book takes the guesswork out of buying a home. Calculating the drug's long-term effects is pure guesswork.
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Recent Examples of guesswork
Pellet grills combine traditional smoking, plenty of grilling space and highly efficient wood pellets to take most of the guesswork out of smoking foods such as meat and vegetables.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Summer jumpsuit Made from airy linen, this effortless one-and-done piece takes the guesswork out of getting dressed when temperatures start to climb.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Snapmaker's setup guide takes all the guesswork out of unpacking and loading the tool heads.
—Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026
Even factors that are more controllable include an element of guesswork, notably whether a player thriving at an inferior level can make the step up to the Premier League.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Summer jumpsuit Made from airy linen, this effortless one-and-done piece takes the guesswork out of getting dressed when temperatures start to climb.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Snapmaker's setup guide takes all the guesswork out of unpacking and loading the tool heads.
—Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026
Even factors that are more controllable include an element of guesswork, notably whether a player thriving at an inferior level can make the step up to the Premier League.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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Harry has previously shared his desire to reconcile with his family, and the meeting triggered speculation the royal family’s rift might be abating.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Affeldt’s defense of Vitello came at a key time for the team, as trade speculation has intensified around a Giants club that could be headed toward a fire sale.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Extropic claims that its system will be up to 10,000 times more energy-efficient than today’s GPUs while also enabling 1,000 times faster inference.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Funded by the National Science Foundation, our multidisciplinary team blended our expertise in causal inference, sustainability and cybersecurity, to work on the tangled question of what people do with their consumer electronics when they’re done using them.—
Eric Williams,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Amid the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade conjecture has been the perception of Tyler Herro as a diminished asset.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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An OpenAI reasoning model recently overturned a conjecture Paul Erdős posed in 1946, toppling an eighty-year assumption in combinatorial geometry by importing machinery from algebraic number theory — two fields with no obvious reason to meet.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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According to the theory, each of these attributes contributes toward the most important influencing factor -- intention.—
Matt Parrott,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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