as in speculation
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1
as in assuming
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
though she does not speak with an accent, I would still guess that she is a foreigner
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2
as in estimating
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I would guess the road goes for about two miles before you have to take a left
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3
as in thinking
to have as an opinion
I never would have guessed that she was capable of such a terrible thing
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Recent Examples of guessing
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
His opponents in an Indigenous game of guessing, strategy and spirituality pointed to the left.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Last year — when the budget was months past the deadline — schools had to do a lot of guessing.
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Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Or at least a very lucrative guessing game.
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Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The team tested this approach against a system using the more typical vowel-heavy guessing strategy.
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Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
Your grounded nature helps others exhale, and steady pacing lets important tasks finish without drama or second-guessing.
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
Turning an idea into a finished book usually takes months of writing, editing, and second-guessing.
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Stackcommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
Spam calls have turned the phone in your pocket into a daily guessing game.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Once the model is built, it can be used to take a scene constructed by artists and tweak it, making the physics look realistic — not by modeling the physics, but by guessing at them based on absorbing an incredibly large dataset of real-world footage.
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Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
The convention will feature panels focused on creativity, all-ages karaoke and anime-adjacent games such as trivia and guessing contests.
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Zaire Breedlove,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
Rather than guessing how a frame might look, shoppers can use digital tools to get a better sense of fit and appearance before ordering.
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Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
The net takeaway is that Warsh wants to keep markets guessing, allowing its own pricing mechanisms to react to data and handicap scenarios.
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Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
In fact, scammers are not always guessing.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
But Warsh has frequently cited as a model former chair Alan Greenspan, whose circumspect comments often kept investors guessing.
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Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
The Mars Volta continues to keep fans guessing.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
18 June 2026
Noun
Finding them has typically been an expensive, dangerous guessing game.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
His opponents in an Indigenous game of guessing, strategy and spirituality pointed to the left.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Last year — when the budget was months past the deadline — schools had to do a lot of guessing.
—
Elle Meyers,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Or at least a very lucrative guessing game.
—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The team tested this approach against a system using the more typical vowel-heavy guessing strategy.
—
Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
Your grounded nature helps others exhale, and steady pacing lets important tasks finish without drama or second-guessing.
—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
Turning an idea into a finished book usually takes months of writing, editing, and second-guessing.
—
Stackcommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
Spam calls have turned the phone in your pocket into a daily guessing game.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
Verb
Competitive Wordle Score The Wordle Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating me.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Once the model is built, it can be used to take a scene constructed by artists and tweak it, making the physics look realistic — not by modeling the physics, but by guessing at them based on absorbing an incredibly large dataset of real-world footage.
—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
The convention will feature panels focused on creativity, all-ages karaoke and anime-adjacent games such as trivia and guessing contests.
—
Zaire Breedlove,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
Rather than guessing how a frame might look, shoppers can use digital tools to get a better sense of fit and appearance before ordering.
—
Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
The net takeaway is that Warsh wants to keep markets guessing, allowing its own pricing mechanisms to react to data and handicap scenarios.
—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
In fact, scammers are not always guessing.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
But Warsh has frequently cited as a model former chair Alan Greenspan, whose circumspect comments often kept investors guessing.
—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
The Mars Volta continues to keep fans guessing.
—
Spin Staff,
SPIN,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guessing
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This is bound to reignite ongoing speculation about Chanel expanding into menswear, which reached new heights when the house tapped Pedro Pascal as ambassador in April under Blazy.
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Despite the speculation, very few details have emerged, and almost no leaks have surfaced.
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The rule was created assuming that could mean harm or illness, and not in-party fighting.
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For the past few years, conversations around AI adoption have centered around access to tools, assuming technology alone would drive transformation.
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Real-world error includes sources of error beyond sampling error, such as nonresponse bias, coverage error, late shifts among undecided voters and error in estimating the composition of the electorate.
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Yet, in open defiance of the ban, last year’s Pride went on as planned and was the biggest in Hungary’s history, with organizers estimating attendance at more than 350,000.
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Going into my 18th year of teaching, my biggest goal is re-creating that experience of thinking critically for oneself and studying literature through a critical lens.
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Nearby, Mariana Roufett packed boxes of humanitarian aid while thinking about her childhood friend and her family, who remain missing.
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Germ theory also emerged in the late 1800s, in which scientists discovered that germs caused disease.
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The two budding geniuses would sit in Charles’ apartment for hours, talking music theory and analyzing records, though Jones’s curiosity occasionally exhausted Charles.
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This is designed to be a decoy to prevent the target from suspecting anything is amiss.
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So Boutros, no doubt suspecting political preconceptions at work, addressed the grand jurors himself.
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Going back to the books, the cocoon periods after each tragedy were periods of vulnerability, figuring things out and trying to survive, and that’s incredibly satisfying to play.
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Surely, a state as innovative as Florida is capable of figuring it out.
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The market does not reward investors simply for believing harder.
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Shares of the software companies were up after Guggenheim upgraded both to buy, believing that artificial intelligence won’t be a death knell for the companies and attractive valuations in the stocks.
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“Guessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guessing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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