surmise

The reason, they surmise: the shale-oil revolution, which turned the U.S. from a net importer of 12 million barrels a day into a net exporter of more than 3 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But as anyone who has seen her in “Parks and Recreation” or other roles would surmise, Plaza says, “I have cat-like tendencies and relate more to cats.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

We don’t really know who Isidora was: We can surmise that she was, most likely, the wife of a man of means, of high but not regal status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

A half-blind raccoon could surmise Gladys’ origins if it were paying attention to the first two-thirds of the film.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025

“Lot of people in London,” remarked Sir Grummore, with a wild surmise.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Evans surmises the fish that survived were in an area of the creek where less charred material and sediment were swept in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Brand surmises that the Dutch collaborator Seyffardt acquired the painting at the 1940 auction and it was then passed down throughout the generations.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

The author surmises that Goebbels discovered this and devised a way to get rid of her—sending Ruth out of Germany while simultaneously helping Japan establish a spy network in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

She surmises that the aim was "to connect people and bring them to Kpop".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

“Now that I think about it, you’ve always been skinny,” Ama surmises, frowning.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“I imagine there’s some sort of glitch or bug that’s blasting all your followers when you use similar captions,” they surmised.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The film "mucks up Orwell", according to the Wall Street Journal,, external who surmised: "As comedy, the movie is feeble, and as allegory for the socioeconomically literate it is heavy-handed."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

For example, while I often asked for help with French administrative tasks, the bot never surmised that I lived in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Slemrod surmised that by 2030, the number of man-first tax returns might be 3 to 4 percentage points lower, or about 85% of heterosexual married couples.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Much of this Jon had surmised the moment he learned that the Iron Bank had sent an envoy to the Wall.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

We can certainly understand that she’s supposed to come off as ardent and unyielding, even surmising that she’s unsure of how to love anyone else because of how improperly she’s been loved herself.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

In fact, the time it took had many court watchers surmising that one of the justices must be writing a dissent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

I’m fairly confident in saying and surmising that his counsel at the time advised him against it and are probably somewhere saying “told you so.”

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2023

Engoron, surmising that Trump was referring to his clerk, called the comments a "blatant" violation of the gag order.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023

Someone had discovered the moved sideboard and open door and surmising that the visitor was still in the cave had shut him in.

From The Secret Toll by Thorne, Paul And Mabel