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 Earlier models relied on broad hydrological assumptions and missed practical engineering hurdles. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026 While Gaetz and Pizzo have fought for the family’s reunification, some of Zuraff’s family members have spoken out and said lawmakers are making assumptions about the case without knowing the full circumstances. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 Leaders must set the standard by replacing those assumptions with active curiosity. — Kent Ingle, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Many were financed on assumptions that capital would remain plentiful and inexpensive. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 The discovery challenges assumptions about the development of the most common form of dementia, potentially revealing new points of intervention that could slow the onset or reduce the impact of neurodegeneration. — Mike McRae 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 Who better to test those assumptions against than the team that dominated them in the Super Bowl? — Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. — Emma Clapp, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Bareilles is mourning a few things — the deaths of close friends, dreams of easy fertility, assumptions of female autonomy, the American dream — but the music soars, more often than not. — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

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Such theories were substantiated less than half an hour into his debut against Arsenal.

— Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The result, the team argues, is a checkpoint on the border between Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics—two great theories in physics that stubbornly refuse to work together.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of theories

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Russian forces also repeatedly struck a shopping center in the southern Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, damaging retail premises and sparking fires, Ukraine’s state emergency services said.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
As the quartet’s planning proceeds, complete with a Lego model of the bank premises, Hamza’s wrangling for a larger share of the haul is relentless.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of premises

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Once that understanding grounds a synthetic model, teams can ask new questions, explore hypotheses and test ideas without repeatedly starting from scratch.

— Abigail Stuart, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Diel and his fellow psychologists have a couple of hypotheses as to why people seem averse to AI food.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of hypotheses

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With antisemitism and hate crimes rising, Hochul said the cash will go to 290 nonprofit community groups that may be vulnerable to physical or cyber attacks based on their faith or beliefs.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026
The museum faces the Western Gates, or Point Conception—a spot on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which tribal beliefs describe as the place one departs this world and enters the spirit realm.

— Carrie Honaker, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of beliefs

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These were all reasonable presumptions at that time but would also require years of data to evaluate.

— David N. Hackney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026
Mungiu refuses to supply easy answers or simple paths to identification in this compelling provocation, which poses unresolvable questions to viewers about our biases and presumptions.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 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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