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Recent Examples of hunches
EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunches
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The Manhattan district attorney’s office contends that there are no double jeopardy issues because neither of Mangione’s cases has gone to trial and because the state and federal prosecutions involve different legal theories.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The case boiled down to video of the incident and dueling theories by defense and prosecution experts on police use of force.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Troll nightcrawler harness rigs 20 to 30 feet deep along flats, points and humps.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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The full journey—there and back—would span 50 miles and climb a total of 7,100 feet, across two camel-like humps.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Harry's uncompromising, one sided view of notions like truth, lies and accountability may sound warning sirens about whether reconciliation is possible in the long-term.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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This was Maxwell’s (classical) theory for electromagnetism, putting the previously distinct notions of electricity and magnetism together into a unified footing.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks huddles with his team during the fourth quarter against the Indiana Pacers in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 27, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Use these clues to narrow down your guesses.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The combination means an offline cracking attack can make billions of guesses per second, a thousandfold advantage over the same password hashed by non-Kerberos authentication methods.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In an era when artificial intelligence can read X-rays, detect tumors, and recommend treatments, that question is no longer hypothetical.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Others have reported an increased risk of pancreatitis, muscle loss and thyroid tumors.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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My weekend streaming guide is live, so be sure to check that out for some new show and movie ideas.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On both right and left, many assert that debate is what enables real consideration of ideas.—
Sarah Stein Lubrano,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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After hearing gunshots ring out in the middle of the night, residents soon feared two bears had been poached as speculations swirled, California wildlife officials say.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In October 2020, more than two hundred years after the speculations of Michell, Laplace and von Soldner, a band of journalists gathered at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to hear the Secretary General of the Academy announce the recipient of the year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Hunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunches. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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