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
This is a small habit that takes five seconds and saves real guesswork later in the week.
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Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
For millennia, mathematicians treated problems of chance with unsystematic guesswork.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
Instead, teen boys are quietly swapping first dates, awkward silences, and emotional guesswork for an AI girlfriend who never cancels, never argues, and always texts back.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
By helping to identify the content and topics in their niche that are currently successful — or seem poised to experience growth — YouTubers can begin working with the algorithm, rather than relying on guesswork when choosing video topics.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
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Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
For millennia, mathematicians treated problems of chance with unsystematic guesswork.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
Instead, teen boys are quietly swapping first dates, awkward silences, and emotional guesswork for an AI girlfriend who never cancels, never argues, and always texts back.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
By helping to identify the content and topics in their niche that are currently successful — or seem poised to experience growth — YouTubers can begin working with the algorithm, rather than relying on guesswork when choosing video topics.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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This past offseason, discussion and speculation around Major League Baseball was that the Los Angeles Dodgers would be responsible for destroying the sport and the 2027 season.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ponton, who first sparked dating speculation with Burrow in December 2024, was wearing an all-black look in a crop top and mini skirt, pairing it with black heels and a red clutch.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Most of the inferences in that profile were wrong.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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According to Geely, the system reaches inference speeds of 350 TPS and can react up to three times faster than a human driver.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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So, how do Peñarrubia and Nadler know this isn't just some clever mathematical conjecture?—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Like an enzyme that works as a catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction, collaboration ignites new ideas for conjectures.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Stirs some theories, too, about said coach’s real feelings about the pick.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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In a new book, Geoff Kelly traces how the artworks moved through criminal networks, where violence took the lives of key suspects and witnesses, and challenges long-circulating theories by revisiting key details.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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