How to Use anybody's/anyone's guess in a Sentence

anybody's/anyone's guess

noun
  • Whether and how the takeover will happen, at this stage in the game, is anyone's guess.
    Barbara Ortutay, ajc, 14 May 2022
  • Just who's holding the bag in the image above is anyone's guess for now.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But when -- and how -- that will happen is still anyone's guess.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • When it will be covered in ice this year is anyone's guess.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The reason for that is unclear, and where all the Bitcoins are is anyone's guess.
    CBS News, 21 May 2021
  • How and where the medals will be presented is anyone's guess.
    Eddie Pells, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • What the Bears do with that selection is anyone's guess.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Where the Giants go from these two losses is anybody's guess.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • And whether the case will go to trial before the next election this November is anybody's guess.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Whether any of them will be there in person tomorrow is anybody's guess.
    Robert Boyd, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Doyel:What Pacers do with highest pick since 1989 is anyone's guess.
    James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2022
  • How this goes is anybody's guess, given the unpredictability of the first two months for all these teams.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021
  • That said: The timeline for a full normalization is still anyone's guess.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 19 July 2022
  • How much Holt will be needed after opening night is anybody's guess.
    David Bauder, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • But where the popular fitness business goes from here is anyone's guess.
    Emma McAleavy, Outside Online, 26 June 2020
  • Minshew would represent the next one, and when the next one arrives after that becomes anyone's guess.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Even so, a $40 or $41 late fee for a second infraction within six months or so, by anyone's guess, is a great deal of money to most people.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Whether this group will influence an election is anyone's guess.
    Ariana Triggs, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • Where Happy will be nearly 30 years later is anyone's guess.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 15 May 2024
  • Read more What will happen at Trump's Tuesday court appearance is anybody's guess.
    Steve Coogan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • How Nurse Ratched makes it from Lucia to Oregon is anyone's guess, and perhaps perfect fodder for a second season.
    Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Whether all of these processors will be replaced by budget-friendly Ryzen 7000 CPUs later this fall is anyone's guess.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Whether or not this return to more vigorous eruptions at Ambae means that the volcano will continue to ramp up is anyone's guess.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2018
  • According to experts, rising rates will definitely have an impact on the housing market, although the degree of that impact and when it will be felt the most is anyone's guess.
    Robert Farrington, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • Amid this flurry of unpredictability, what happens next is anyone's guess.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Covid-19 recovery is anybody's guess, so defining a mechanism to validate our progress should be carefully thought through.
    Anbu Muppidathi, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • What scenes of that husband telling random parents their 6-year-old has terminal brain cancer or that teenager ripping the hair out of a soccer opponent are doing in a show that opens with a drone strike in Syria is anyone's guess.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • How that would apply to instruction in biology when the theory of evolution wasn't even developed until the mid-1800s is anyone's guess.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2023
  • How these characters factor into Superman's story is anyone's guess, but the film is expected to be set in a world where superheroes already exist.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 12 July 2023
  • How that's going to help citizens in Minneapolis is anybody's guess.
    Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2020

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