as in guessing
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmising
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Without being curious, you can be left guessing or making wrong assumptions.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025 -
Global conflicts, extreme weather events, changes in governments and more keep business leaders guessing what the knock-on impact on key supply chains, markets and the bottom line will be.—
Jonathan Gill,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Instead of assuming what people want or need, AI and machine learning analyze actual data and recommend alternatives based on individual situations.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The new policy also takes quite a leap by assuming that most of the nation’s elderly population have ever even heard of Twitter, including the New Jersey caller’s 96-year-old mother.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The group discusses each video’s development and reception, while speculating as to why viewers connected so much with, say, Natalie Portman rapping obscenities.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Their predictions range from speculating about Disney CEO Bob Iger’s succession to the future of Comcast and The Washington Post.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Surmising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmising. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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