educated guess
Example Sentences
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When aged-spirits distillers are deciding how much new stock to lay down each year, they have to make an educated guess about what demand will look like when the alcohol matures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
But that's more of an educated guess at this stage.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
The BLS has been refining its birth-death model, but to some extent, it will always be an educated guess.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
Instead, we get a handful of woeful papers, which amounts to little more than a slightly educated guess.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025
L. Roy’s thick book weighs heavily in my bag, so I make an educated guess.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
