guesswork

Example Sentences

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Which has required some guesswork about what that essence really was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

For the past few months, investors and policymakers have had to rely on guesswork to determine the path of inflation.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

It even comes with straightforward meat probes that display their readings in the app, taking the guesswork out of doneness and making overcooked brisket a thing of the past.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025

For most of the nineteenth century geologists could draw on nothing more than the most hopeful guesswork.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson