guessed

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Against this capitalistic—dare we say orgiastic—cornucopia, Goldman Sachs’ portfolio strategists recently increased their year-end S&P 500 target to, you guessed it, 8000.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“But to say that eight years later, at 41, I’d be leading the team into the postseason and coming out with a series win? I wouldn’t have guessed that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Orson and Lorenzo, consummate showmen, were summoned to prisons, where they inspected the heads of inmates and guessed their crimes; at lunatic asylums they were challenged to identify the patients’ disorders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The advice comes after years of warning people against using simple codes which can easily be guessed, like "123456", as well as pet names, as passwords.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“Well, surely you’ve guessed at the consequences of such magic,” said the witch.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff