wild guess
Example Sentences
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Given your financial profile, and the fact that you are a single man with no children, I’m going to take a wild guess and suggest that you live a modest lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“As far as predicting future rupture events,” he wrote, “I think the estimate would be close to a wild guess as many of the factors cannot be determined.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Do you take a wild guess or ask a person at the gas station and hope the fuel you pick doesn’t damage the engine?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
The nature of the clue made it confounding: The country ended in an “h” so you couldn’t even venture a wild guess.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
“That is only a wild guess, of course, given that the chef’s name is Philippe.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
