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
The universal shade takes the guesswork out of shade matching.
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Oct. 2025
Despite Canales’ reticence, there’s little guesswork involved.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
There will be some guesswork involved in both of these swaps, but overall, working by taste should lead you down the right path.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
By taking the guesswork out of each stage of the dining experience, your only responsibility is to enjoy the meal.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Oct. 2025
Despite Canales’ reticence, there’s little guesswork involved.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
There will be some guesswork involved in both of these swaps, but overall, working by taste should lead you down the right path.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
By taking the guesswork out of each stage of the dining experience, your only responsibility is to enjoy the meal.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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Once the video featuring Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s kids was shared online, the speculation about the kids would quadruple.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 Nov. 2025
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There has been so much analysis and speculation about the young quarterback during his absence.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At Microsoft, the work was no longer about small experiments with no real-world inference.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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There have been anti-China rallies in downtown Seoul in recent months, where protesters chanted racist slurs and made unsubstantiated claims of Chinese inference in South Korean politics.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Karl Popper said that science is about conjecture and refutation.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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These can require more unraveling, and the further back one goes, the more conjecture there is.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The special explores theories about why the thieves targeted specific displays, who orchestrated this brazen operation and which fatal flaws in their plan ultimately led to their capture.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The showgirl theory also holds in that fashion diapers seem to have taken off almost only among celebrities.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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