assumptions

plural of assumption

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Recent Examples of assumptions Omar’s growing outrage, especially when precious time is lost because of jammed phone lines, troubling silences and false assumptions, rankles Mahdi, the most overstretched of anyone at the call center. Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 The width of certain spectral lines—fingerprints of the light emitted during flares—has long been wider than expected based on standard temperature assumptions. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The companies that thrive are the ones where leaders move beyond assumptions and treat curiosity as essential to daily work. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Leaders are now compelled to reassess their foundational assumptions, as geopolitical risk increasingly impacts economic stability, regulatory environments, and market access. Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 While China and India surge ahead in clean energy investments and storage advancements, some in Washington want to take us back to the mid-1970s — a time when energy policy was dictated by outdated assumptions and fossil fuel dependence. Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025 Showdown at Little Rock Similar assumptions guided events even in places where desegregation appeared to be working. Essence, 22 Mar. 2025 The best leaders recognize that their data and assumptions can become outdated quickly. John Cairney, Sportico.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumptions
Noun
  • But experts have a few theories about how these dietary habits might influence osteoporosis risk.
    Simon Spichak, Health, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On TikTok, there are endless videos featuring fan theories and commentary that have garnered thousands of views.
    Olivia Petter, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That means a business can choose to prohibit emotional support animals on its premises.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But, of course, everything is constantly changing and evolving; therefore, especially within the ever-expanding domain of wealth management, the best advisors will always be open to testing former hypotheses and determining whether newer ideas will better serve their clients.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Initial hypotheses suggested those become more elaborate over time in response to the growing threat of Cretaceous predators.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • O'Dell pleaded guilty earlier this year to arson, damage to religious property and obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The sentencing comes months after O’Dell, a Temple native, pleaded guilty to three charges — arson, damage to religious property and obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs — in April.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Without an indictment, and the evidence supporting it, we're left with little more than presumptions.
    Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • This group, a key driving force in the success of today's economy, should not be ignored, let alone scoffed at based on a series of cartoonish delusions and misplaced presumptions.
    Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • She’s bemused by suppositions about the advantages of her family legacy, which in reality boasts a centuries-deep ledger of addiction, estrangement, and untimely death.
    Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But that premise assumes two suppositions not in evidence.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Assumptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumptions. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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