as in assumptions
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
believes that predictions of the extinction of certain species as the result of global warming are based upon too many hypotheticals
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Recent Examples of hypotheticals
For too many patients in Florida, these hypotheticals will soon become reality.
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Samuel Ganz, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
The Displacement Is Already Happening Yang doesn’t speak in hypotheticals.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
However, most of her objections involve worst case hypotheticals.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
Samuel Ganz, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
The Displacement Is Already Happening Yang doesn’t speak in hypotheticals.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
However, most of her objections involve worst case hypotheticals.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypotheticals
Noun
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Other works create entirely new worlds with different assumptions and frameworks underpinning their social and other dynamics.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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For centuries, businesses, governments and societies have relied on deterministic assumptions.—
Richie Etwaru,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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Testing particle physics theories, the $8 billion LHC was composed of superconducting magnets that allowed scientists to study subatomic particles including protons, electrons, quarks and photons.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Hypotheticals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypotheticals. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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