as in assumptions
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
it's a given that television viewers are influenced by advertising, even consciously or subconsciously
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Recent Examples of givens
Private cloud is also where organizations can focus on delivering AI and what’s next, knowing that security, governance and compliance are givens rather than points of concern.
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Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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assumptions
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Hierarchy matters less than ideas, and consultants are trained to challenge assumptions and present counterarguments, even to senior partners or client CEOs.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her existence in the vibrant capital city of Sepphoris brings into questions some of our traditional assumptions of Mary as an impoverished illiterate from a backwater rural village with no exposure to Greco-Roman culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Givens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/givens. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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