noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ pure
▪ educated
▪
Their results owe more to educated ~ than to actual knowledge.
VERB + GUESSWORK
▪ be based on
▪
Their price estimates are based on pure ~.
▪ involve
▪ eliminate
PHRASES
▪ a matter of ~
▪
Long-term forecasts were largely a matter of ~.
▪ take the ~ out of sth
▪
weekly shopping lists that take the ~ out of meal planning