guesswork
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That way you take the guesswork out of each transaction and can focus on enjoying your cappuccino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
However, it's never been clear whether the rumoured names have been well-sourced inside information, or merely guesswork and speculation.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
While salary-transparency laws don’t necessarily guarantee you’ll receive the highest possible salary, they do remove much of the guesswork from negotiations — and experts say that alone gives job seekers a stronger hand.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
Likewise, even though we know that in early seventh-century China ‘orchestras’ of instruments played together, what they played is guesswork.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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