as in assumption
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
the cynic's presupposition that everyone acts out of purely selfish motives
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Administrators can begin by: • Auditing their systems for accessibility barriers, including the assumption that students must meet traditional admissions criteria.—
Nicole Kim,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025 -
If those are the assumptions, then Bennett, a pending UFA, would be attractive.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Russian sources, however, have suggested a third theory: that Portnov might have held compromising material on current Ukrainian officials.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The chance encounter turned out to be a first-of-its-kind sighting — and confirmation of an expert theory.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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“Presupposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presupposition. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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