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hunches

  • plural
    of hunch.
    hunch
    verb (used with object)
    to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
  • present tense form
    of hunch (3rd person singular).
    hunch
    verb (used with object)
    to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.

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Much of the panic driving recent selloffs has been based on futuristic hunches or kneejerk assessments of the impact of new AI tools.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

Saving for a goal that’s decades away, we might trade on this week’s hopes, fears, headlines and hunches.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

“The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White hunches into leather jackets and flannels, dark curls coquettishly kissing his brow, in order to embody Springsteen on screen.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2025

When the workweek began, we’d convene with analysts from other agencies to murder-board our hunches on how and where the next attack might occur.

From Slate Jul. 4, 2025

Kareem folds his arms and hunches his shoulders.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner