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 Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier machine was designed to take all the guesswork out of making espresso, coffee, and cold brew.
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2025
Whether your strands are pin-straight, wavy, or prone to frizz, the dryers ahead have passed our performance test, leaving hair looking healthy, bouncy, and beautifully styled without the guesswork.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 5 July 2025
Enter: an everyday adidas sneaker that takes the guesswork out of styling equations for your nine-to-five office job and your five-to-nine leisure activities during warm weather.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Give away the pricing calculator that removes the guesswork from package creation.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2025
Whether your strands are pin-straight, wavy, or prone to frizz, the dryers ahead have passed our performance test, leaving hair looking healthy, bouncy, and beautifully styled without the guesswork.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 5 July 2025
Enter: an everyday adidas sneaker that takes the guesswork out of styling equations for your nine-to-five office job and your five-to-nine leisure activities during warm weather.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Give away the pricing calculator that removes the guesswork from package creation.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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Ahead of the release of James Gunn's Superman (in theaters now), speculation spiraled around who exactly was underneath the black suit of this mysterious figure.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
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With deal speculation set to heat up, another twist is Steven Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury during President Trump’s first term and a former Goldman Sachs banker.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Whilst not saying anything outright, the inference from the ‘career is short’ part can be that Isak told Howe what has now become public knowledge.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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These people have not insisted on the same transparency for his many accusations and inference of complicity toward his enemies in the government, the press and the education community.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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Most of these are conjecture, predictions and future-telling.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Here are two completely speculative conjectures: Perhaps Trump wanted to save off his most devastating salvos — the EU and Mexico were, in 2024, the top-two largest trade partners of the U.S. — for when the markets were closed, hence avoiding any immediate backlash from traders.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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But Margulis took her theory further; in her view, symbiosis was the driving force of evolution, and many entities were likely composites.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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But they have long been stuck between theory and the promise of commercialization in the next five to 10 years.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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