educated guess
Example Sentences
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But that's more of an educated guess at this stage.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
And so he employs other tools: the hunch, the educated guess, even out-and-out speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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
“Who’re you trying to call?” he asked, then made an educated guess.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
