Examples of guesswork in a Sentence
Calculating the drug's long-term effects is pure guesswork.
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Sundays for Dogs is designed to take the guesswork (and hassle) out of shopping for your dog's food.
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Trisha Easto, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Fortunately, there's no guesswork in this process.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 Feb. 2026
This helps mitigate guesswork and creates a more confident and informed funding approach.
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But there’s really no guesswork required to predict the message this time.
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Trisha Easto, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Fortunately, there's no guesswork in this process.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 Feb. 2026
This helps mitigate guesswork and creates a more confident and informed funding approach.
—William Jones, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
But there’s really no guesswork required to predict the message this time.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guesswork. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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guesswork
noun
guess·work
-ˌwərk 
: work performed or results gotten by guessing
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