predeterminations

noun

plural of predetermination
as in assumptions

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  1. assumptions
  2. theories
  3. presumptions
  4. hypotheses
  5. speculations
  6. biases
  7. conjectures
Noun
  • Whether its underlying assumptions hold up against other observations, including measurements of cosmic expansion and the cosmic microwave background, remains an open question.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Two agents with very different knowledge or assumptions may struggle to communicate or pursue the same goal.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of assumptions
Noun
  • The gist of the theories, Rothschild said, is that a secret plot is underway to reset the global financial system.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The podcaster Candace Owens drove those theories, infuriating her former employer, Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of theories
Noun
  • These presumptions shifted the world’s discourse from how to limit carbon pollution to how to remove it from the atmosphere after the fact.
    — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of presumptions
Noun
  • Solving identity at scale means evaluating competing hypotheses across candidate entities simultaneously.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Here’s how psychiatrists like me think about the most promising hypotheses.
    — Awais Aftab, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hypotheses
Noun
  • The account reportedly had one follower which was Tatum, further fueling speculations.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.
    — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculations
Noun
  • For example, in the 20th century there was a flawed world leader who held rigid ideologies, racial biases, and disturbing personal behaviors.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Court lasted more than eight hours that day, with attorneys from both sides trying to screen each person, their backgrounds and biases.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of biases
Noun
  • Many mathematicians have stopped posting open conjectures and potential ideas at the end of their papers, for fear that they’ll be scraped by bots and fed into AI models.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • There have been a lot of conjectures, but little in the way of actual proof of what took place.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 May 2026
Definition of conjectures
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