hunch
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Roberts admits that the “magic number” of $1.46 million is more of a hunch or perception of what people think they’ll need, rather than an official financial calculation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Monahan's own hunch centres on a subtype of the E. coli bacteria in the gut.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
And so he employs other tools: the hunch, the educated guess, even out-and-out speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Judging by the laundry list of musicians who flocked to the Hotel Cafe in those early years, his hunch was spot-on.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
He had to spread his legs as far as they would go and hunch over to keep from being blown back down the bank.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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