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

The one great thing about death is that it takes the guesswork out of all of this, or at least it’s supposed to.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

Everything was guesswork, which wouldn’t impress anyone when the case went to trial.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield