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as in theory
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as in idea
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Recent Examples of hunch
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Time spent hunched over a screen, trading real, in-person interactions for virtual ones, has negatively impacted many of my clients.
—Brianna Hardcastle, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Despite my hunch that the book wouldn’t sell, the publishing world’s rejection still devastated me.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Anderson briefly shook his head and appeared to hunch over and look down.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Time spent hunched over a screen, trading real, in-person interactions for virtual ones, has negatively impacted many of my clients.
—Brianna Hardcastle, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
His hunch confirmed, Wedding began plotting to kill Acebedo-Garcia and put a $5 million bounty on his head, according to the new indictment.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Despite my hunch that the book wouldn’t sell, the publishing world’s rejection still devastated me.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunch
Verb
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Inside a drop-like form with a long, straight tail is the lower part of a human body, crouched and holding its knees below a large sphere with an open perforation at the top.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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The girl crouches because there is no room to stand.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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The tobacco trials — which took place over decades but began to shift in favor of plaintiffs in the ’90s — similarly saw various types of plaintiffs file a wave of lawsuits, contributing to the release of internal documents and testing new legal theories.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Analysts offer competing, somewhat contradictory theories about the software selloff.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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Continuing efforts to slow vehicles on busy La Jolla roads, the local Traffic & Transportation Board discussed the possibility of reprogramming traffic lights and installing temporary speed humps.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Long almond tips become the bottom of the heart; trace that line and add two humps for a romantic design.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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To turn this idea into something practical, the team first grew a large, uniform sheet of monolayer MoS₂ on a 4-inch wafer.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Listed with Chad Carroll and Michelle Suegart of The Chad Carroll Group, Villa De Casuarina captures the kind of Miami luxury that isn’t trying too hard—expansive, private, and built around the simple idea that the best amenity might still be stepping from your backyard onto a boat.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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Six of the skiers huddled in a makeshift shelter constructed with tarpaulin sheets.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Trump’s top national security advisers huddled in the Situation Room of the White House on Wednesday to discuss Iran, according to a senior administration official.—
Gordon Lubold,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
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But whoever lies rotting in the bathtub is anyone’s guess.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
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Traders poured in nearly $2 million taking guesses.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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Since then, analysts said, its military support to Russia has given it a powerful ally, and its economy has seen relatively strong growth.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Abelias are light feeders and excess nitrogen fertilizer can promote shoot growth at the expense of flowers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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The notion that content should align with an author’s demographic identity is as chilling and stultifying as any other muzzling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Even less popular is the notion that the base rate might be hiked if inflationary conditions worsen.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Hunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunch. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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