educated guesswork
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Refers to a judgment based on experience and some knowledge, not just random chance.
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- Their results owe more to educated guesswork than to actual knowledge.
- The diagnosis was based on educated guesswork given the limited test results.
- Through years of experience, her predictions became educated guesswork rather than wild speculation.
- The archaeologist's dating relied on educated guesswork about the artifacts.
- It's still educated guesswork, but at least we have some data to work with.
- The engineer used educated guesswork to estimate the building's age.
- Without proper instruments, navigation was a matter of educated guesswork.
- The historian's conclusions involved considerable educated guesswork.
- Their financial projections were little more than educated guesswork.
- The detective relied on educated guesswork based on similar cases.