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guess

[ges] / gɛs /




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“I guess … I have a tougher head. So then he started complaining and all that. He was saying, ‘You headbutted me, you’re cheating.’

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

There’s some context in which I guess it could be right.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2026

How much higher rates must go to stop that spread is unclear, and Warsh didn’t guess.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

"My father didn't attend and said he would never bend the knee to anyone. I guess that rubbed off on me," he said.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

“I guess it depends if you have good advice to give.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

Still, its role as the Federal Reserve’s primary inflation gauge puts it at the center of traders’ guesses about what the Fed will do next.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

With that, here are my best guesses on the can’t-miss matches of the first round:

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

But those are my are my guesses right there.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Ranofer thought he could guess the causes of this strange preoccupation, and his guesses gave him considerable satisfaction.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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

I did some back-of-my-notepad math and realized you can drive massive distances faster than I would have guessed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The event was in a town house that she guessed the university owned.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“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

There might be fewer people guessing who he is these days - but if EsDeeKid's only UK festival appearance this summer is anything to go by, no-one seems to care.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

I’m guessing that among today’s burgeoning cinephiles, silent movies evoke an ancient vibe that is, in its own way, a little hardcore.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

It’s about making sure that when your children say, “Here’s what Mom and Dad would want,” they’re not guessing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Although, to be honest, I'm only guessing about Dad.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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