as in guessing
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter
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Connecting them is what shifts you from guessing which behaviors matter to knowing.—
Brian Tuite,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026 -
Support becomes less about guessing and more about understanding.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Put simply, Wembanyama is built for the SportsCenter Top 10, assuming that still exists.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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But gone are the days of assuming good actors rule the roost when bad action can be quicker, easier, and more lucrative.—
Will Johnson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
8 Dec. 2025
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Three people suspecting in a series of pickpocket crimes in San Francisco's Chinatown were arrested over the weekend after a weeks-long investigation, police said Tuesday.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Non-human identities already outnumber humans by roughly 50 to 1 in the average enterprise, with over two-thirds of enterprises suspecting that AI agents have accessed unauthorized data.—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The main tune of those speculating about Brown is that he will be traded to a new squad before the start of the year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Meanwhile, some in the media are wildly speculating that this is somehow magical, miraculous, or a sign of sentience.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Surmising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmising. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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