guess
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Well, I guess, in that case, you really don’t have a choice.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"I guess it was easier to believe the lie than process what the truth might have been," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Taking a step back, what are these rankings for? I guess they are for students trying to decide where to go to college,” said Zachary Bleemer, an economist at Princeton, who studies higher education.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
There’s some context in which I guess it could be right.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
I guess she was surprised to see Jessica so close beside her.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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That result highlights an important distinction between simply choosing letters that appear often and choosing guesses that provide the greatest amount of new information.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Of course, power providers build in redundancies to make up for these risks and model their best guesses for how long each piece of equipment will last.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
They all had guesses: maybe arthritis, maybe lactose intolerance, maybe stress.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
But those are my are my guesses right there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
This can keep the reader off balance, luring her into wrong guesses about a sentence’s structure.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Gemini found "public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test", a Google official told the BBC, noting that in each instance "the model stopped".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“I’d never have guessed that,” Turnquist said, adding that a 5% to 10% decline would have been his call, given the backdrop.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Who would have guessed that night how easily we would learn again to turn on each other?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"She's been on an adventure," Hannah said, and that she guessed "we'll never know" what happened to Charlie.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
When it came to Theo, I simply wouldn’t have guessed.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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“I know you’ll have some questions regarding timelines, but until we go through that process, I’d be guessing to give you any.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
“You’re kind of guessing what’s going to happen in two years, and no one would have guessed that there’d be tariffs now” two years ago, Chen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The best estate plan leaves no one guessing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
She went on to speak of another alleged incident after Dott was said to have asked if she wanted to play a "guessing game" at the house.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I’m guessing they’re not too pleased with me right now.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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