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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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Recent Examples of assumptions
The second question is cost behavior, meaning what the bill does when tool calls double and when agent volume falls short of the vendor’s assumptions.
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Janakiram Msv,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2026
Here is a brief overview and judgement calls of several garden insects that challenge our assumptions about who belongs in which column.
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Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2026
As with any heat metric, calculating the heat index involves making some assumptions about the person and the conditions around them.
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Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
Modeling real-world scenarios To model how the accounts might behave in real life, Morningstar made a few key assumptions.
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Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Unlike dining out at home, cruise tipping policies vary widely by brand and assumptions can lead to mistakes.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
Sotter positions himself as an advocate and changemaker, willing to challenge assumptions and push conversations forward.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Discrimination and biased assumptions are among the greatest barriers facing people with Down syndrome.
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Michelle Sie Whitten,
STAT,
25 June 2026
Facility-level data gives brands the evidence needed to demonstrate compliance, substantiate product claims, and respond to regulatory requirements without relying on generalized assumptions or supplier declarations.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Janakiram Msv,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2026
Here is a brief overview and judgement calls of several garden insects that challenge our assumptions about who belongs in which column.
—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2026
As with any heat metric, calculating the heat index involves making some assumptions about the person and the conditions around them.
—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
Modeling real-world scenarios To model how the accounts might behave in real life, Morningstar made a few key assumptions.
—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Unlike dining out at home, cruise tipping policies vary widely by brand and assumptions can lead to mistakes.
—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
Sotter positions himself as an advocate and changemaker, willing to challenge assumptions and push conversations forward.
—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Discrimination and biased assumptions are among the greatest barriers facing people with Down syndrome.
—
Michelle Sie Whitten,
STAT,
25 June 2026
Facility-level data gives brands the evidence needed to demonstrate compliance, substantiate product claims, and respond to regulatory requirements without relying on generalized assumptions or supplier declarations.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumptions
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Now, a wave of new theories offers tantalizing solutions — but which ones portray reality is an open question.
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His theories have won praise in UFO circles but often put him in conflict with academic peers.
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The Daily Monitor reported on Sunday that military personnel had been deployed at NMG’s premises in the capital, Kampala, and that staff were being prevented from leaving or entering the premises.
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However, the new island hotel isn't just a smart space with robots assisting human staff throughout the premises.
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Science is designed to estimate risk, test hypotheses, identify patterns, and reduce the likelihood of false causal inference.
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Scientists have two hypotheses for the formation of supermassive black hole seeds.
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They’re also designed to be agreeable and can reinforce a user’s beliefs, even if those beliefs are inaccurate.
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What that fourth-inning strikeout, the following exchange of beliefs and subsequent skirmish produced, then, was fittingly a form of presence.
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The letter makes presumptions about herbicides and pesticides that do not line up with its proposal outlined on a website detailing the training center project, the statement said.
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But, once again, some presumptions were made by the auditors.
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Not really Dagmar Bruss, professor and Head of the Quantum Information Theory group at HHU, and her doctoral researcher, Pedro Barrios Hita, conducted a new analysis of the postulates used in the 2021 paper and found one to be too restrictive.
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Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.
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The past eight months have exposed both suppositions.
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As Jackie herself once reminded John, a Kennedy has no choice but to accept that the press and public will speculate, interpret, exaggerate, and invent notions about them based on their own suppositions.
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“Assumptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumptions. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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