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as in theory
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as in idea
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Recent Examples of hunch
Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Her shoulders appeared hunched, and her legs were splayed out beneath her.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump hasn’t come out and said it, or even hinted as much, but my hunch is that, this year, our tax money will be put toward some sort of public egg-subsidy program.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Now, with the arrival of the 45th president’s re-inauguration as POTUS 47, most movie-business insiders are hunched in a crash position alongside Disney executives.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Her shoulders appeared hunched, and her legs were splayed out beneath her.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
Purely a hunch, but Chicago having a little more desperation/need pushes them over the top.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump hasn’t come out and said it, or even hinted as much, but my hunch is that, this year, our tax money will be put toward some sort of public egg-subsidy program.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunch
Verb
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Eventually, the camera revealed Bell crouched beside Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, joking that a hangry Meester wrote the dialogue.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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The artist emerged crouched on the hood of a muscle car, moody and looking downward.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Follow Di Placido for more meme explainers, television reviews, film theories and deep dives into digital culture.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Other theories include the theory that Lottie died by suicide.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Visibility increases with the top down, though in reality, the large roll humps behind the two headrests still create blind spots.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Other symptoms of Cushing's can include a hump on the back of the neck, noticeable pink or purple abdominal stretch marks, fatigue and hair growth on the face.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA TODAY,
10 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Story tips and ideas can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is about helping people feel ownership of ideas, and motivating them to move forward.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The puppies, estimated to be between 12 and 14 weeks old, were seen huddled together trying to stay warm in the porch as temperatures dropped below zero degrees with wind chills.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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With help a good 30 minutes out and Gray struggling to coordinate a water drop, Tim and Lucy huddled in the middle of the road beneath a foil fire blanket.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Today’s average difficulty is 4.2 guesses out of 6, or moderately challenging.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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My guess is there are teams who would offer him much more than that on July 1.—
Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Alibaba's domestic e-commerce business Taobao and Tmall Group produced revenue growth of 5% for the quarter and company executives said the division would continue to focus on market share stabilisation in the near future.—
Harshita Mary Varghese and Casey Hall,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Conversations in Indianapolis should outline a plan for run-game growth — both in terms of personnel changes and staff plan.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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More important, the notion of having U.S. mining operations on or near the border between the Ukraine and Russia, especially the bord is with its occupied Ukrainian territory, to serve as a deterrence to future military action is hardly going to appeal to most private companies.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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What Fuller did, however, was challenge this notion, Powell said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Hunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunch. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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