guessing

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You should be reading our minds and guessing what we want.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

That leaves the market now guessing “when China’s aggressive SPR support will be exhausted or otherwise withdrawn, which would prompt a renewed surge in upward pricing pressure,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

“There’s less guessing of how many Schnibbles did we make and did we make them on Tuesday or Wednesday, because we needed them on Tuesday,” Godin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Another is to take a survey, but that just outsources the guessing.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

We measure it, and Henry says, “Whoa! A forty-incher! You don’t start off small, that’s for sure. I’m guessing about twenty-three pounds. At about three dollars a pound, you’ve just earned about seventy dollars.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt