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as in theory
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
the widespread assumption that violent entertainment leads to violent behavior in children your argument is faulty because it's based on erroneous assumptions
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as in arrogance
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
his air of assumption tended to put people off rather quickly
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Recent Examples of assumption
Shattering assumptions What that means is that multiple systems inside Bybit had been hacked in a way that allowed the attackers to manipulate the Safe wallet UI on the devices of each person required to approve the transfer.
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Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
Lee revised his 2025 core EPS estimate to $2.10 from $2.13 and the 2026 core EPS estimate to $2.14 from $2.16 to reflect assumptions about a decline in asset yields, partially offset by downward revision in debt costs.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
Our analysis also makes some other conservative assumptions given the policy’s uncertainty.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
And so is having people around you who can argue with you and question your assumptions.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
Lee revised his 2025 core EPS estimate to $2.10 from $2.13 and the 2026 core EPS estimate to $2.14 from $2.16 to reflect assumptions about a decline in asset yields, partially offset by downward revision in debt costs.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
Our analysis also makes some other conservative assumptions given the policy’s uncertainty.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
And so is having people around you who can argue with you and question your assumptions.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumption
Noun
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There are two main pieces of evidence in the theory running rampant in the comments.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Other theories include the theory that Lottie died by suicide.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
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But what unfolded in the White House on Friday was a striking departure—an unprecedented display of hostility, arrogance, and political theater that raises serious concerns about America's global leadership.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Reportedly, Tulip mastermind Charles Hegel (played with perfect measure of condescending arrogance by Josh Brener) has died in Kenya, and took with him all the necessary passwords needed to access the accounts of his many investors.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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Marvel successfully argued in court in 2003 that X-Men action figures are non-human toys (despite the premise of the franchise) rather than dolls, nearly halving their tax rate.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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But the premises of this New York space will remind you not at all of a diner but of a sophisticated but unpretentious dining room done all in red with pink and red tablecloths.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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This condition is what philosopher Charles Mills, speaking of the American context, labeled epistemological ignorance—a deliberate unknowing, an insistence on the myth of white superiority, of white exceptionalism.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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And so Tyla’s comments were also taken as an insinuation of superiority over Black people.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The hypothesis was that higher VO2 max would be associated with less brain shrinkage with age, which in turn would be associated with better cognitive scores.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
28 Feb. 2025
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The volatility the markets just experienced oftentimes marks a turn in investor attitudes.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Such attitudes disregard the hard realities of life in the United States for certain Americans.—
K. Ward Cummings,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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The most common mistake is hiring a sales lead as a first local hire, an approach predicated on the belief that early revenue signals traction.—
Rebecca Takada,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The motion is not based on a belief of whether Adams is innocent or guilty.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The presumption is that LLMs tend to favor certain word choices, sentence structures, and linguistic patterns that differ subtly from typical human writing.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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In the United States, there is a presumption that public information belongs to the public.—
Josh Ocampo,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Assumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumption. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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