guesswork
Example Sentences
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Without that, fertiliser application is guesswork, not farming.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Intelligence analysts don’t have to rely so much on guesswork.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
“Based on personal experience,” he wrote, “I feel that this little indicator would remove the guesswork of which side I want to park.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
For the past few months, investors and policymakers have had to rely on guesswork to determine the path of inflation.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
When the shape of now-familiar coastlines was guesswork.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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