on/under/with the assumption
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: 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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Next year’s budgets for each of the district’s more than 600 schools were released in mid-May with the assumption that CPS would receive $300 million in additional money from the city and state.
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Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
That’s based on the assumption that tariffs worldwide will remain at their late-May levels.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Transgender Legal Battles: A Timeline Mena Davidson May 12, 2022
New laws regarding transgender youth are based on the assumption that the gender binary is natural.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
That requires designing internal controls with the assumption that compromise is already underway.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
That’s based on the assumption that tariffs worldwide will remain at their late-May levels.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Transgender Legal Battles: A Timeline Mena Davidson May 12, 2022
New laws regarding transgender youth are based on the assumption that the gender binary is natural.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
That requires designing internal controls with the assumption that compromise is already underway.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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