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as in assumption
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs
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as in condition
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
there are a number of ifs in the proposal
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Recent Examples of if
That’s a big if, especially for someone who isn’t looking down the road.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
The if, ultimately, hinges on Bryant’s health.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
Routing logic that could have been a single if-statement.
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Aruna Veerappan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
But all my ‘what ifs’ were about what will people would think, and that’s a dangerous headspace.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
But that’s a big if, and could be the difference between the Valkyries selecting a project like Angloma or a more surefire player that could contribute right away.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
That's a huge if against the best front line in the country, though.
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Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
But the if of the team’s health looms.
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Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
The if-then paradigm needs to be simplified.
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Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
The if, ultimately, hinges on Bryant’s health.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
Routing logic that could have been a single if-statement.
—
Aruna Veerappan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
But all my ‘what ifs’ were about what will people would think, and that’s a dangerous headspace.
—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
But that’s a big if, and could be the difference between the Valkyries selecting a project like Angloma or a more surefire player that could contribute right away.
—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
That's a huge if against the best front line in the country, though.
—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
But the if of the team’s health looms.
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Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
The if-then paradigm needs to be simplified.
—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for if
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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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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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Air conditioning will be keeping millions of Americans safe and comfortable over the holiday weekend as a heat dome brings dangerous conditions to millions.
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The statute would ban covered officers from wearing masks or shielding their identities while on duty and interacting with the public, with exceptions including medical masks, religious coverings, certain tactical equipment and hazardous conditions.
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Germ theory also emerged in the late 1800s, in which scientists discovered that germs caused disease.
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The two budding geniuses would sit in Charles’ apartment for hours, talking music theory and analyzing records, though Jones’s curiosity occasionally exhausted Charles.
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Online claims suggest Team Norway distrusts American food after shipping 1,276 pounds of provisions for the World Cup.
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The bill restricts adversarial foreign nations from maintaining significant investments in agricultural land and property near military bases, among other provisions.
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Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.
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Among geologists, there are givens: Humans don’t build things that last a million years.
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That means the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which is the local enforcement agency for these requirements in the region, will be in charge of monitoring whether businesses are following the law.
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Since then, the mussels have spread through California waterways, prompting mandatory boat inspections and decontamination requirements at lakes and reservoirs statewide.
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As an additional stipulation of the settlement, the archdiocese will be required to accept a 14-point plan aimed at creating systemic change to protect children and empower survivors.
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But Shields has a few stipulations for her teenage daughter.
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The statute would ban covered officers from wearing masks or shielding their identities while on duty and interacting with the public, with exceptions including medical masks, religious coverings, certain tactical equipment and hazardous conditions.
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While the majority of states have lieutenant governors, there are exceptions.
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“If.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/if. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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