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If you lie dead still and your pulse plummets, the algorithm might assume you’re in deep sleep—a reasonable deduction, but still a guess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

All we can say is, uh, good luck, we guess?

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

How long they will last is anyone’s guess.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

“It’s my, I guess, my tribute to Iverson. I really like him a lot,” Osaka said during an on-court interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

I guess sometimes I let people get to me, too.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

I didn’t know it then, but those guesses were wrong at least 25% of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

"By applying Shannon entropy, the objective shifts to maximizing the expected reduction in uncertainty rather than the probability of being right. In practice, this approach can lead to solving the puzzle in fewer guesses."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

But those are my are my guesses right there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

“More or less educated guesses, but they were guesses.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

“You’d be correct. You scored a four out of one hundred. And that’s probably due to a few good guesses, am I right?”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

“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

While it lacks the shock of the new of its predecessor, it stands as a solid late-period entry from a band few would have guessed would still be issuing new material in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He guessed one of the plants will bloom in the coming days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Engineers have guessed at where to grab hold, but Swift must have been altered by twenty years in orbit, according to Barber.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

He guessed that I meant to wait and put my dog on the plane.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

While guessing that Ohtani’s balky left knee would not allow him to be 100% by October, manager Dave Roberts openly wondered Saturday whether a pitching comeback is worth the effort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Nobody knows how much further this goes, and anyone who tells you they do know is guessing.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 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

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 mean, it’s already kind of unfair that we have a supercomputer, which I’m guessing most teams don’t. But to have nearly ten years of secret government research doesn’t seem fair at all.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti