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Calculating the drug's long-term effects is pure guesswork.
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Confusion Costs You When a salesperson has to do mental gymnastics or guesswork to calculate their commission, the system is broken.
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Scott Hozebin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Anyone who wants to take the guesswork out of betting can start with a $5 bet.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
But even when the Hall is trying to figure out how many U.S. attendees will arrive, a lot of guesswork is involved.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The toothpaste picture-hanging hack promises a foolproof method that takes out the guesswork.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
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Scott Hozebin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Anyone who wants to take the guesswork out of betting can start with a $5 bet.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
But even when the Hall is trying to figure out how many U.S. attendees will arrive, a lot of guesswork is involved.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The toothpaste picture-hanging hack promises a foolproof method that takes out the guesswork.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guesswork. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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guesswork
noun
guess·work
-ˌwərk 
: work performed or results gotten by guessing
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