guesswork

Example Sentences

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A few variables can take some of the guesswork out of trying to identify a bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"After 160 years of getting it wrong, this paper corrects this very important feature based not on guesswork, but on empirical evidence."

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Intelligence analysts don’t have to rely so much on guesswork.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

Salon has curated a broad list to fit every taste, desire and age range – breaking them down into categories and detailing the runtimes to take the guesswork out of the process.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

It was all guesswork: very likely he had imagined everything.

From "1984" by George Orwell