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
Use a Tape Measure A tape measure eliminates the guesswork when figuring out how far apart to plant tomatoes.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
Take the guesswork out of your next meal with this smart Bluetooth meat thermometer.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Sticking to trusted sources helps cut through the noise and make smarter decisions with less guesswork.
—Mekialaya White, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
New materials look more natural and digital planning helps dentists create better smiles with less guesswork.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
Take the guesswork out of your next meal with this smart Bluetooth meat thermometer.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Sticking to trusted sources helps cut through the noise and make smarter decisions with less guesswork.
—Mekialaya White, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
New materials look more natural and digital planning helps dentists create better smiles with less guesswork.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for guesswork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesswork
Noun
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And that’s a matter of speculation.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Your company went through major layoffs in 2024 and sold off about a third of its TV station portfolio for $171 million last year, sparking speculation about a cash crunch for your businesses with the decline of linear TV.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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This is particularly important at the edge, where a unified foundation that brings together connectivity, sensing and inference with scalable processing and software is key.—
Iri Trashanki,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Sure, there are dystopian shadings in the inference that robots will form their own communities, leaving people behind.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Lily had been married four times — with one other husband also deceased, prompting more conjecture.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Because certain members portrayed didn’t leave expansive journals, Fehrman sometimes has to rely on conjecture or push his imaginative reconstruction too far.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
6 May 2026
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This is as important, and as boring, in theory, as picking a fund for your 401(k), yet, improbably, the draft has become one of the largest events on the sporting calendar.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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To overcome this problem, the study authors used a mathematical framework called the theory of functional connections (TFC).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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“Guesswork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesswork. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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