Example Sentences

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Who knows about the election, everyone is guessing.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

This kind of code breaking is much more difficult than decoding: the biggest hurdle is guessing the missing key.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2023

No one at the state Capitol can be sure of how much income and corporate taxes will be flowing in, but the administration is guessing around $42 billion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

It is guessing the next word in the long block of text that includes both your words and its words.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

She is guessing that many of them out there, too, have felt her grief and confusion and powerlessness.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti