guesswork

Example Sentences

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That has Wall Street nervous about potential rate volatility, particularly if the Fed suddenly says less than it has been over the past 30 years — or leaves markets doing more guesswork.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Swift has ties to several US cities and guesswork about the locale has reached fever pitch.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"After 160 years of getting it wrong, this paper corrects this very important feature based not on guesswork, but on empirical evidence."

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Which has required some guesswork about what that essence really was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The code layers were much harder to crack, but with patience, analysis, and a flair for guesswork, she got there.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield