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
Choosing a balanced fertilizer takes some guesswork out of providing supplemental nutrition to your patio plants.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
This flexibility ensures that reactivation efforts are always optimized rather than relying on guesswork or outdated assumptions.
—Ying Yang, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Those translations, done by a relatively few individuals who know the language, required a lot of labor — and perhaps some guesswork.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
The meter takes out the guesswork of watering your plants by providing accurate readings of the moisture content in your plant's soil.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
This flexibility ensures that reactivation efforts are always optimized rather than relying on guesswork or outdated assumptions.
—Ying Yang, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Those translations, done by a relatively few individuals who know the language, required a lot of labor — and perhaps some guesswork.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
The meter takes out the guesswork of watering your plants by providing accurate readings of the moisture content in your plant's soil.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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The sweet interaction comes after much ado has been made about rumors of a splintered cast, prompting mass fan speculation largely after Isaacs himself hinted to behind-the-scenes tension amid the grueling filming process, which took part for the better part of a year on-location in Thailand.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 May 2025
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Jockeying under a watchful Eye Amid widespread speculation over who will be the next pope, theologians say the faithful look at pre-conclave jockeying as a chance for the divine to intervene in human matters.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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This methodology could significantly lower computing costs further during pre-training and facilitate enhanced inference performance.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The Fresno County Superior Court ruled deputies violated the Bane Act, a civil code meant to protect against threats, intimidation, an inference of threat or coercion.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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By contrast, the lab origin hypothesis largely relies on the proximity of a research lab to the first cases, conjecture, and distrust of the Chinese government, which has not been forthcoming with information on the early days of the health crisis.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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Same with the solution to the Poincaré conjecture, one of the seven Millennium Prize problems, famous for their difficulty and $1 million rewards.—
Sheon Han,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Carney and Sheinbaum offer an opportunity to test a different theory.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Terrain theory applied Terrain theory's clash with reality has become painfully apparent amid Kennedy's handling—or more accurately, mishandling—of the current measles situation in the US.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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