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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
After slamming the assumptions employers may have about larger people, Fisher-Becker ended his video with a call to action.
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
The general assumption, however, was that the blight of 1845 was a one-off event.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The underlying assumption is that planning can avoid deep potholes.
—Allen Best, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
People will chew on the Broadway first of an Othello directed and lead-produced by black men—Leon and Brian Anthony Moreland, respectively—and cut their assumptions about that to fit their pre-existing views.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
The general assumption, however, was that the blight of 1845 was a one-off event.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The underlying assumption is that planning can avoid deep potholes.
—Allen Best, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
People will chew on the Broadway first of an Othello directed and lead-produced by black men—Leon and Brian Anthony Moreland, respectively—and cut their assumptions about that to fit their pre-existing views.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assumption
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumption
Noun
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The theory is soon put to rest, though, when Rivera Garza starts receiving strange messages from the killer, signed with the names of different female artists.—
Nicolás Medina Mora,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2025
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This is a theory that has been championed by Polish theoretical physicist Nikodem Poplawski of the University of New Haven.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 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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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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To write honestly about people is to start off with the premise that people are flawed.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
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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How an Overly Sunny Demeanor Could Affect You Of course, if your exclusively positive attitude is rubbing others the wrong way, that doesn’t bode well for your relationships.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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But the attitude of our coaches was, ‘Again, again — next goal, next goal’.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
14 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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There is also a strong belief that Colorado Buffaloes star quarterback Shedeur Sanders will fall to the Raiders at No. 6 in the 2025 NFL Draft.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
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 18 Mar. 2025.
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