as in speculation
the act or process of finding an answer by guessing
This book takes the guesswork out of buying a home. Calculating the drug's long-term effects is pure guesswork.
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Recent Examples of guesswork
The Shade Store takes out a lot of the guesswork by having a pro come to your home and check everything out in person.
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Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
The Laser Focus Sprayer is made to take the guesswork out of doing so, by putting a dual-laser sighting system on any can.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
Vaccarella says there was a lot of guesswork involved in coming up with her initial $60 price tag.
—Nicolas Vega,raffi Paul, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
The two pair perfectly together, taking the guesswork out of choosing your makeup products.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
The Laser Focus Sprayer is made to take the guesswork out of doing so, by putting a dual-laser sighting system on any can.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
Vaccarella says there was a lot of guesswork involved in coming up with her initial $60 price tag.
—Nicolas Vega,raffi Paul, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
The two pair perfectly together, taking the guesswork out of choosing your makeup products.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
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Of course, this is all speculation until Nintendo confirms more details about the new Switch.Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
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There’s speculation that the forthcoming Metroid Prime 4 might straddle both consoles the way Breath of the Wild launched on both the Wii U and the Switch back in 2017.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
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The company focused on memory’s role in AI training and inference.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The next chip, projected to hit the market in 2027, will be an energy-saving processor specialized for AI inference.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2025
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The president’s subsequent hasty exile baffled many of his supporters and led to conjecture that perhaps there were incriminating videos of him as well.Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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The plot moves along driven by several other flimsy conjectures viewers are asked to accept without substantial evidence other than her convenient discoveries.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
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The previous truth exists as a thorough rejection of modern economic theory promoted by individuals within the Keynesian, monetarist, and Austrian schools.John Tamny, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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The theory became known as Pizzagate, which circulated among far-right conspiracy theory websites and social media accounts.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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