surmise

When I surmise that the printed version of our conversation may have a lot of “redacted, redacted, redacted,” Peaches is quick to respond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

But if you showed the average Chicagoan the evidence now in the public domain, most would likely surmise that Mr. Homan took a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

A half-blind raccoon could surmise Gladys’ origins if it were paying attention to the first two-thirds of the film.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025

In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

As well as she could surmise, there were at least twenty thousand National Guard troops in New Orleans, with more arriving every day.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Evans surmises the fish that survived were in an area of the creek where less charred material and sediment were swept in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Brand surmises that the Dutch collaborator Seyffardt acquired the painting at the 1940 auction and it was then passed down throughout the generations.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

As a colony that was less developed than Virginia and that possessed few geographic obstacles along George’s route, North Carolina, Mr. O’Malley surmises, represented a safer destination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

"There's lots of good things about these platforms, but there's just too much bad stuff," he surmises.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

If they were for storing cotton, as Haas surmises, they would have been, in this textile-mad society, an emblem of state power and wealth, the ancient equivalent of Fort Knox.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“I imagine there’s some sort of glitch or bug that’s blasting all your followers when you use similar captions,” they surmised.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The film "mucks up Orwell", according to the Wall Street Journal,, external who surmised: "As comedy, the movie is feeble, and as allegory for the socioeconomically literate it is heavy-handed."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

For example, while I often asked for help with French administrative tasks, the bot never surmised that I lived in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Slemrod surmised that by 2030, the number of man-first tax returns might be 3 to 4 percentage points lower, or about 85% of heterosexual married couples.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Amari surmised that women from many different tribes and countries were imprisoned here—Ibo, Ga, and Mandinka.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

And some were now surmising that we had engineered a vote that would promote women and diminish men, in the process making some kind of statement, though they weren’t clear on exactly what that was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

I’m fairly confident in saying and surmising that his counsel at the time advised him against it and are probably somewhere saying “told you so.”

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2023

Engoron, surmising that Trump was referring to his clerk, called the comments a "blatant" violation of the gag order.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023

Some may see a metaphorical significance in "Seven Pounds" being a December release, perhaps surmising that winter isn't the star's season.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2022

Few horses will go in it; but, remember, I am surmising that yours has been properly trained.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Nannie Lambert