surmise

When I surmise that the printed version of our conversation may have a lot of “redacted, redacted, redacted,” Peaches is quick to respond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

But if you showed the average Chicagoan the evidence now in the public domain, most would likely surmise that Mr. Homan took a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

Shoehorning these random digressions into the film without any additional context to surmise their meaning just feels like Perkins is doing weird for weirdness’ sake.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

But we can use our imagination; we can look upon what he subsequently did and surmise.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Evans surmises the fish that survived were in an area of the creek where less charred material and sediment were swept in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Brand surmises that the Dutch collaborator Seyffardt acquired the painting at the 1940 auction and it was then passed down throughout the generations.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Logan surmises that Hegseth is engaged in a power struggle in the Pentagon.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

"There's lots of good things about these platforms, but there's just too much bad stuff," he surmises.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

He surmises: Each of us was probably going to tweet about it or post the moment on Facebook.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Last year, most US intelligence agencies and departments surmised that it was "very unlikely" that a foreign actor used "a novel weapon or prototype device to harm" US personnel and their families.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Slemrod surmised that by 2030, the number of man-first tax returns might be 3 to 4 percentage points lower, or about 85% of heterosexual married couples.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

The 21-year-old art history major says she had never gambled on anything before, but as an Oscars obsessive she surmised that Timothée Chalamet’s “Marty Supreme” campaign was on shaky ground with traditional voters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Su Tzu-yun, a military expert at Taipei's Institute for National Defense and Security Research, surmised Beijing might be trying to "weaken public support" for Taiwan's plans to increase its defence spending.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

“He went to war,” the fighter pilot with the golden mustache surmised.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

We can certainly understand that she’s supposed to come off as ardent and unyielding, even surmising that she’s unsure of how to love anyone else because of how improperly she’s been loved herself.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

In fact, the time it took had many court watchers surmising that one of the justices must be writing a dissent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

I’m fairly confident in saying and surmising that his counsel at the time advised him against it and are probably somewhere saying “told you so.”

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2023

Engoron, surmising that Trump was referring to his clerk, called the comments a "blatant" violation of the gag order.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023

The people were lost in surmising what had become of him.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz