guess
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It’s more people that are on the fringes, I guess — Jason Isbell or Sturgill Simpson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
I can’t guess because it’s not based on known data such as decisions the band had made about what they were and were not interested in playing this tour.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
For White, who opened an account on the platform during high school, "it seemed innocent enough, I guess, at the time."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I guess we’ll have to, because that certainly didn’t tell us much!
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
‘I guess you’ll have to go without me.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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I have some pretty good educated guesses about what happened.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
They are more like guesses about the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
That result highlights an important distinction between simply choosing letters that appear often and choosing guesses that provide the greatest amount of new information.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Tax planning for retirement involves guesses, but it’s important to make smart guesses. A lot of money is at stake,” says Edward McQuarrie, a professor emeritus at Santa Clara University who studies retirement strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He guesses that she suffered some sort of a breakdown after my dad and brother died.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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It wasn’t to last, but nobody could have guessed that.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
A North Carolina state Senate ad said, “You guessed it! AI was definitely used to generate these silly video clips.”
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
Gemini found "public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test", a Google official told the BBC, noting that in each instance "the model stopped".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
In one of the cases, the model guessed passwords until it gained access to a protected system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
On their way, she passed all the full picnic tables occupied by who she guessed were people from different reserves or urban locations heavy with an Indigenous population.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Their identities are kept secret for 50 years, leaving Nobel watchers guessing about who will get the nod.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The price of everything is rocketing. You're always second guessing and thinking about how much money have I got."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The average salary for a job in marketing is $68,000 a year — more than double that for the median than — I’m guessing, as it depends on the role — your six-figure tech job.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Recently un-retired star Aaron Donald didn’t make the trip, but here’s guessing he’ll be by Garrett’s side in 11 days for the home opener against the New York Giants, so that will help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I’m guessing you’ll take the money for the display out of my allowance?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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