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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
For fiction that fails to challenge preexisting views and assumptions is nothing more than idle chatter—small talk.
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Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Certainly, Hondo looks pretty reflective and concerned in one of the first look stills as events challenge his legacy and his assumptions about authority, so sense of self.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Our investment in Stella and Gerry raises real questions about long-term commitment, assumptions of stability and the possibility of change.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Revisit your assumptions and extreme views.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
Understanding this reality requires letting go of assumptions that were never accurate but have endured out of habit.
—Yusuf Tuggar, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
LLMs disrupt all of these assumptions.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
These gatherings matter not because of what is said onstage but because of what happens away from the cameras—where leaders can argue, disagree, test assumptions and confront uncomfortable truths without the distortion of performative politics or social media outrage.
—Alan H.h. Fleischmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Maryland has lost approximately 130,000 residents since Moore took office, yet the budget justifies hundreds of millions in housing and community revitalization spending based on population growth assumptions that do not match reality.
—J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Certainly, Hondo looks pretty reflective and concerned in one of the first look stills as events challenge his legacy and his assumptions about authority, so sense of self.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Our investment in Stella and Gerry raises real questions about long-term commitment, assumptions of stability and the possibility of change.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Revisit your assumptions and extreme views.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
Understanding this reality requires letting go of assumptions that were never accurate but have endured out of habit.
—Yusuf Tuggar, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
LLMs disrupt all of these assumptions.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
These gatherings matter not because of what is said onstage but because of what happens away from the cameras—where leaders can argue, disagree, test assumptions and confront uncomfortable truths without the distortion of performative politics or social media outrage.
—Alan H.h. Fleischmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Maryland has lost approximately 130,000 residents since Moore took office, yet the budget justifies hundreds of millions in housing and community revitalization spending based on population growth assumptions that do not match reality.
—J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumptions
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People have responded to the baffling disappearance of Nancy Guthrie with theories in chat rooms, nonstop comments on a livestream tracking the investigation and a flood of calls to the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department.—
Stephanie Innes,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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My inbox overflowed with the latest theories on how Democrats had lost their way and what was needed to revive them.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Originally built in 2003, Baldoni and his wife, Emily, implemented a full-scale remodel and expansion of the premises, working in collaboration with a design team from Pottery Barn to create a sprawling compound that doubles as a private resort.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Non-falsifiable and untestable hypotheses cannot be checked out, and hence those ideas are incapable of disproof.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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If there are answers to these questions, or informed hypotheses, this biography does not provide them.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the month-long meeting, the council decided on a set of agreements to guide how the church would observe, teach, and practice its beliefs about the life of Jesus Christ.—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
16 Feb. 2026
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Many of the schools that participate in Florida’s voucher program enforce rules that reflect the organization’s religious beliefs.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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ProPublica, in a 2023 story, reexamined the incident, the legal presumptions, the background of the men and Stingley’s father’s relentless legal campaign to bring the men into court.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
16 Jan. 2026
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The series later won five Emmys, upending presumptions about the kinds of shows people still really want to watch.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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O'Donnell took further issue with her feeling that Hasselbeck didn't defend her against suppositions that O'Donnell was un-American for her opposition to military advances.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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One of the big suppositions behind the big data center boom is that the most cutting edge AI models will be at least as large, if not larger, than the leading models that exist today.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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