anybody's/anyone's guess
noun
: something that is very uncertain or that no one knows
What causes these changes is anybody's guess.
It's anyone's guess what his next book will be about.
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Now, where that threshold level resides is anyone's guess.
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Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The duration of any fresh shutdown, should one occur in the coming days, would be anyone's guess.
—Brian Cheung, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
The extent of the blowback on the U.S. is anyone's guess.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
That is anybody's guess at this point, but not so much according to a recent report from USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The duration of any fresh shutdown, should one occur in the coming days, would be anyone's guess.
—Brian Cheung, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
The extent of the blowback on the U.S. is anyone's guess.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
That is anybody's guess at this point, but not so much according to a recent report from USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Anybody's/anyone's guess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anybody%27s%2Fanyone%27s%20guess. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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