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
Predictions are mere guesswork at this point.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Our annual Family Cars Awards aims to take some of the guesswork out of the process by highlighting the safest and most reliable vehicles for families.
—Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026
An Apple AirTag takes the guesswork out of reuniting you with your bags.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Combining and contrasting foliage colors and textures takes a lot of the guesswork out of summer garden planning.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Our annual Family Cars Awards aims to take some of the guesswork out of the process by highlighting the safest and most reliable vehicles for families.
—Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026
An Apple AirTag takes the guesswork out of reuniting you with your bags.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Combining and contrasting foliage colors and textures takes a lot of the guesswork out of summer garden planning.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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Husso, who stopped 16 shots in the first period and 13 in both the second and third, had a timely performance amid speculation the Ducks are pursuing a backup goalie behind Lukas Dostal before Friday’s trade deadline.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Maas answered some, dodged others, and dropped a few hints that will fuel months of new speculation.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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If winning is the only goal, then war is, by profound inference, a game, a test of masculine fortitude.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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Some of these inferences may not be entirely secure.—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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In 1998, a group of mathematicians rewrote that conjecture in the language of running.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Live Nation also contends the government lacks evidence of price discrimination with concert tickets and instead is attempting to make that point through conjecture and theory.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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At universities, the study of ancient Chinese texts has historically been scattered across disciplines; now, under government direction, universities are trying to gather that scholarship in new classics departments where, one theory goes, ancient truths can be nurtured and passed down.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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His panels included doctors, physicists, engineers and others and their reports in 2020 and 2022, proposed a theory of the incidents.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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