on/under/with the assumption
idiom
: as though one knows : in the belief
We are operating on/under/with the assumption that the loan will be approved.
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The modern financial system is predicated on the assumption of continuous, high-speed connectivity; any interruption, however brief, could disrupt markets, halt trading and lead to significant monetary losses.
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John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
But that model was built on the assumption of a 40-year career and a life expectancy that capped out somewhere in the mid-70s.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Yet international organizations continue to operate on the assumption of a universal human physiology—one that, in practice, corresponds strikingly with a Euro-American model.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
After some lobbying from Knight, Parker agrees to let Jimmy run an undercover op to investigate the six people whose HVAC systems Marcone had serviced over the past few months, according to the Briarwood security logs, under the assumption that Marcone believed one of them to be the Specter.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
But that model was built on the assumption of a 40-year career and a life expectancy that capped out somewhere in the mid-70s.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Yet international organizations continue to operate on the assumption of a universal human physiology—one that, in practice, corresponds strikingly with a Euro-American model.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
After some lobbying from Knight, Parker agrees to let Jimmy run an undercover op to investigate the six people whose HVAC systems Marcone had serviced over the past few months, according to the Briarwood security logs, under the assumption that Marcone believed one of them to be the Specter.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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