Thesaurus results for ASSUMPTIONS

assumptions

noun

plural of assumption

as in theories

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 Even watching a magic trick can challenge our assumptions about the world and stimulate more original thinking. — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 In the short term, slowing demand would mean lower emissions from the existing system than today’s baseline assumptions and less investment in new natural gas infrastructure. — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 The guarantees apply only to specific properties, inputs, and assumptions described in each proof. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026 But by the end of the film, Seyfried begins pushing Fielder on his allegiances and assumptions. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 These films ask us to look more closely, question our assumptions and resist easy explanations. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 The researchers ran 100,000 simulations using different revenue and discount-rate assumptions, and 85% produced a net loss for the state. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The American Council on Science and Health argues the natural-versus-artificial debate rests on two shaky assumptions. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026 Throughout the course of the campaign, candidates are making assumptions. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

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Noun

His longtime collaborators have other theories about his return.

— Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
The Many Worlds interpretation and the Copenhagen interpretation are not really two different interpretations but two different theories.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of theories

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Her crunchy-granola Mom and Dad (Maya Erskine and Jake Johnson) seem more than a little overprotective of their youngest child; the reluctant babysitter is given strict instructions not to leave the premises.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
The area restricts movement on or off any premises with poultry.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of premises

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The researchers suggested several hypotheses for why this happened, but cortisol’s purpose remains unproven.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Earlier studies have pointed to different hypotheses about the formation of the lunar magnetic field.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of hypotheses

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The series explores the unsettling collision of ancient witchcraft beliefs and modern digital dating culture.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
The exhibition highlights how trade routes connected the Arabian Gulf, East Africa, India, China, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of spices, pearls, textiles, jewelry, and religious beliefs.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of beliefs

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To many, not least the young, both literary culture and the world of bookselling are beginning a great new climb, calling into question many presumptions about the digital century and the market models that sustain it.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
These were all reasonable presumptions at that time but would also require years of data to evaluate.

— David N. Hackney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of presumptions

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Not really Dagmar Bruss, professor and Head of the Quantum Information Theory group at HHU, and her doctoral researcher, Pedro Barrios Hita, conducted a new analysis of the postulates used in the 2021 paper and found one to be too restrictive.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026

Definition of postulates

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Many are leaning into their own unsubstantiated suppositions, even those not backed by evidence.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Now Kennedy took her suppositions even further, reexamining the literature on a famous Olmec site where thousands of toad skeletons had been excavated.

— Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

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