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as in hypothesis
an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation
my supposition is that this grape variety, which flourishes in southern France, should do equally well here, given the similar climate
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as in guess
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
it's pure supposition on your part that there's something illegal going on next door
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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
worthless genetic research that was based on the erroneous supposition that acquired characteristics can be passed on to offspring
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Recent Examples of supposition
Under California law, fraud must be pled with particularity, meaning there must be specifics and details in the complaint; generalizations, inferences and supposition don’t cut it.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Jan. 2026
The nature of Tech’s loss only supports the supposition that, without Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12 is sorely lacking in top-tier talent.
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Kevin Sherrington
jan. 1,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan. 2026
Both Ripa and Consuelos rejected the supposition, with Ripa admitting that the only evening during which Consuelos looks presentable during the holidays is Christmas Eve.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Nov. 2025
Slavik knocked Combs for lining up speaking engagements for as soon as next week with the supposition that he’d be released.
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Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supposition
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Jan. 2026
The nature of Tech’s loss only supports the supposition that, without Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12 is sorely lacking in top-tier talent.
—
Kevin Sherrington
jan. 1,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan. 2026
Both Ripa and Consuelos rejected the supposition, with Ripa admitting that the only evening during which Consuelos looks presentable during the holidays is Christmas Eve.
—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Nov. 2025
Slavik knocked Combs for lining up speaking engagements for as soon as next week with the supposition that he’d be released.
—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supposition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposition
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The interest rate hypothesis points the wrong direction — the most rate-sensitive occupations, like construction, have the lowest AI exposure.
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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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Understanding how systems, applications and services connect to business operations is what separates a coordinated recovery from a guess.
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Considering her Season 1 character Mia, aka Lady Vengeance, a serial killer by night and sommelier by day, was killed while jailed, is anyone’s guess.
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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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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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By these arguments, an AI proof of a mathematical conjecture that has stubbornly resisted human efforts would be useful only if comprehensible to humans.
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After weeks of such conjecture, multiple outlets as well as South Florida Sun Sentinel sources now say that Celtics’ forward Jaylen Brown is on the table in trade talks, with the notion of adding more than draft capital as a Milwaukee Bucks focus.
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GameStop's takeover pursuit adds a headline catalyst, but the more durable thesis is that eBay's own operating momentum is improving.
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The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
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Its value proposition is strong since each trim comes with a long list of standard features.
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The property experience, the digital experience and the value proposition all become searchable, summarized and compared.
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“Supposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposition. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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