as in assumptions
an attitude, belief, or impression formed in advance of actual experience of something
the general public's prejudgment of the accused before the trial had even started
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Noun
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Customer expectations reset in real time, tariffs and input costs are repricing entire categories overnight, and planning assumptions that held last quarter no longer apply.—
Anita Beveridge-Raffo,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026 -
Fame comes with certain assumptions.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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In a time when science’s boundaries were less stable, Lamarck’s poetic theories had significant influence, and its traces can even be detected in contemporary epigenetics.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the general idea is that there is a lot of stuff in the universe that is not the familiar matter that we are made of, and there are theories in which this stuff is not entirely benign.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Because neurological diversity frequently defies preconceptions, this extended demography is crucial.—
Lucy Jones
April 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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The real risk for leaders is a future workforce of people who cannot or will not challenge their own preconceptions; who cannot embrace new ideas or work well with those whose views differ from their own.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Prejudgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudgments. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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