hunch
Example Sentences
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Roberts admits that the “magic number” of $1.46 million is more of a hunch or perception of what people think they’ll need, rather than an official financial calculation.
From MarketWatch
“My hunch is it was shocking,” Mora said of the immigration raids last summer.
From Los Angeles Times
The wolf was hunched, shoulders drawn, snout lowered.
From Literature
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And so the striker's hunch proved correct - he did have a role to play.
From BBC
My adult physical life has been a mixed bag of hyper-athletic hot yoga, long country runs and hunching over my computer for days on end.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.