surmised; surmising
Examples of surmise in a Sentence
Noun
my surmise is that the couple's “good news” is the announcement that they are going to have a baby
Verb
We can only surmise what happened.
He must have surmised that I was not interested.
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Padgett Powell,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
But watching it last night, I was struck with a wild surmise about the characters’ potential origin.
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Vulture,
22 Dec. 2023
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 July 2026
Darryn Peterson walked down an aisle at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, a camera following his every step, when the national broadcast surmised that he must be ticked.
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
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Noun
Nothing in your life has dissuaded you from these early surmises.
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Padgett Powell,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
But watching it last night, I was struck with a wild surmise about the characters’ potential origin.
—
Vulture,
22 Dec. 2023
Verb
In that light, Judge Rovner surmised that in some cases a job is just a job.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 July 2026
Darryn Peterson walked down an aisle at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, a camera following his every step, when the national broadcast surmised that he must be ticked.
—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
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“Surmise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surmise. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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surmise
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sur·mise
sər-ˈmīz 
ˈsər-ˌmīz
: a thought or idea based on little evidence : conjecture
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