surmise
Example Sentences
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We don’t really know who Isidora was: We can surmise that she was, most likely, the wife of a man of means, of high but not regal status.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
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
As my colleague Paul Roberts reported, experts in the retail sector surmise that North Face’s decision was a consequence of local challenges and the larger problems in the outdoor clothing sector.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
“You might surmise it, but you don’t have a quantitative record,” he said.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
Let this daring faith, this great invincible surmise, be your sustaining power during these trying days....
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.