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as in hypothesis
an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation
my supposition is that this grape variety, which flourishes in southern France, should do equally well here, given the similar climate
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as in guess
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
it's pure supposition on your part that there's something illegal going on next door
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as in assumption
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
worthless genetic research that was based on the erroneous supposition that acquired characteristics can be passed on to offspring
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Recent Examples of supposition
Both Ripa and Consuelos rejected the supposition, with Ripa admitting that the only evening during which Consuelos looks presentable during the holidays is Christmas Eve.
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025
Slavik knocked Combs for lining up speaking engagements for as soon as next week with the supposition that he’d be released.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
One of the big suppositions behind the big data center boom is that the most cutting edge AI models will be at least as large, if not larger, than the leading models that exist today.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
That kind of supposition is for amateurs.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025
Slavik knocked Combs for lining up speaking engagements for as soon as next week with the supposition that he’d be released.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
One of the big suppositions behind the big data center boom is that the most cutting edge AI models will be at least as large, if not larger, than the leading models that exist today.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
That kind of supposition is for amateurs.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposition
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Though the data does not explain this difference entirely, the working hypothesis is that the greater velocity often involved with e-bikes plays a significant role.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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In biological anthropology, it's called the drunken monkey hypothesis.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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Pricing reductions on Intel's original Arrow Lake 200S chips are likely to follow these new processors, but by how much is anyone's guess.—
Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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What comes next for Canal+’s streaming strategy on the continent remains anybody’s guess.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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The revelation demonstrates another way in which black holes and neutron stars push the laws of physics, and casts doubt on assumptions regarding the formation and evolution of these mixed binary systems.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Miss Manners suggests compassion, dignity and an assumption of goodwill and good intentions.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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At universities, the study of ancient Chinese texts has historically been scattered across disciplines; now, under government direction, universities are trying to gather that scholarship in new classics departments where, one theory goes, ancient truths can be nurtured and passed down.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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His panels included doctors, physicists, engineers and others and their reports in 2020 and 2022, proposed a theory of the incidents.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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In 1998, a group of mathematicians rewrote that conjecture in the language of running.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Live Nation also contends the government lacks evidence of price discrimination with concert tickets and instead is attempting to make that point through conjecture and theory.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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That could be good news for companies like Versant, which are banking on sports rights becoming available under the same thesis that Discovery Global would have had.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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The book is also partly an adaption of a thesis paper that Dapier wrote a decade ago as a graduate student of library sciences at University of Illinois.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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First, each of the six propositions rests on eminently reasonable judgments about various institutions and their likely performance, capacities, and incentives.—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Why the ‘Only Documentary’ Framing Matters The claim that this is the sole documentary Michaels will participate in creates a clear proposition.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Supposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposition. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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