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as in theory
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as in idea
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Recent Examples of hunch
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Thus, by accident, the cumbia rebajada was born alongside its slow dances, like the gavilán, or hawk, in which people dance hunched down low with their arms spread wide.
—Karla Gachet, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
My hunch is that many American parents have not yet started paying grandparents simply because the idea never occurred to them.
—Marina Lopes, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
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Verb
On many nights, Tamara would find her grandmother hunched over the kitchen table, poring over trial transcripts in which Erik and Lyle delivered hours of tearful and stomach-churning accounts of beatings, verbal lashings and rape.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Thus, by accident, the cumbia rebajada was born alongside its slow dances, like the gavilán, or hawk, in which people dance hunched down low with their arms spread wide.
—Karla Gachet, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
Although Robson took more than a decade to put his theory to the test, his experiments in the 1980s proved his hunch was correct.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
My hunch is that many American parents have not yet started paying grandparents simply because the idea never occurred to them.
—Marina Lopes, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunch
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The exhibition features his maps and sullied backpack, toothbrush, bar of soap, and survival goods, along with photos of him sleeping on park benches, crouching on the banks of the Hudson in front of ice floes, and haunting the city.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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After a brief struggle for traction, the robot regained control by crouching slightly, mimicking a human posture to exert force.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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And a four-corner hydraulic-lift system takes the worry out of speed humps or heavily rutted roads.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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Promoting, as well as targeting, Miami-Dade County’s down payment assistance resources toward middle-income earners can get would-be buyers over the initial lump-sum hump, said Buckley.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Seven decades later, these ideas are mainstream in both Israeli and US discourse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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One idea that still looks elegant but adds a little something-something?—
Luz García,
Glamour,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Longtime residents can’t forget his iconic image of flamingos huddling in the bathroom for safety against monstrous Hurricane Andrew in August 1992.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Senate Republicans huddled on Friday afternoon after Schumer’s floor speech but seemed to see no immediate path forward.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Whether that response is genuine is now anybody’s guess.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds of users were making guesses about where Sahara learned the sign for more in the comments.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These incremental steps have helped the coffee chain stem a sales decline in China since earlier this year, with comparable sales returning to growth in the past two quarters.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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In the short run, that can put a pinch on job growth.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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But Interview With the Vampire set a precedent for transformative TV from the Immortal Universe, its narrative and visual audacity subverting adaptation tropes and genre storytelling by challenging viewers’ notions of immortality, sexuality, and destiny.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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From these revolutionary realizations, the notion of the expanding Universe was born.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Hunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunch. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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