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Synonyms for guessing
guess·ing

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  1. guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoningnoun

    an estimate based on little or no information

    Synonyms:
    stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, conjecture, surmise, gibe, shaft, guesswork, slam, crack, pellet, shooter, shooting, supposition, dead reckoning, blastoff, snap, surmisal, snapshot, hypothesis, speculation, shot, jibe

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  1. List of paraphrases for "guessing":

    guess, riddles, charades

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How to use guessing in a sentence?

  1. Chris Olave:

    Hes also very patient and fluid with his route running. He keeps the defense guessing. Hes an excellent vertical threat. Its going to be a challenge, of course.

  2. President Biden:

    Any time something like this happens it's going to make you second guess the actions that you take, and the problem with that is when you're second guessing what you're supposed to be doing, people could evade apprehension, you could end up getting yourself hurt, you could end up getting innocent third parties hurt -- because you don't take the actions that are necessary because you're worried you're going to be second guessed by the president of the United States, we’re not talking about being second guessed by someone with a camera, we’re talking about being second guessed by the president of the United States and that's the political situation we’re currently under, and any time that happens of course we’re going to be very, very leery about the actions we take.

  3. The Republican governor:

    We could have public executions and have, you know, we could even have (guessing) which hole it falls in.

  4. Dan Pendergast:

    When it starts to snow, you will get that initial snow to melt on the road and you are going to have traffic rolling over the road and more snow, the snow starts compacting and bonding to the road. You're not going to get it off, there's not a heck of a lot you can do because you're not going to be able to get the chemicals down and I'm guessing those areas don't have the equipment we have here, like the icebreakers and really good cutting-edge equipment. We have 800 plows in the state, 200 in the metro area, Atlanta and Virginia are probably going to have 40 or less.

  5. The Republican governor:

    What I think we ought to do is bring the guillotine back, we could have public executions and have, you know, we could even have (guessing) which hole it falls in.

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