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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
The great flaw in that theory is the supposition of logic in humans.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 July 2025
That's a double-digit decline compared to the same three months of last year—itself no peach of a quarter for a car company with a stratospheric valuation based on the supposition of eternal sales growth.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
In Beth Is Dead, a new YA thriller out Jan. 6, that's exactly the supposition at the heart of this reimagining of Louisa May Alcott's literary classic.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
That’s a supposition supported, if not proven, by increases in U.S. imports from Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and other countries corresponding to declines in specific commodities from China.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for supposition
Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 July 2025
That's a double-digit decline compared to the same three months of last year—itself no peach of a quarter for a car company with a stratospheric valuation based on the supposition of eternal sales growth.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
In Beth Is Dead, a new YA thriller out Jan. 6, that's exactly the supposition at the heart of this reimagining of Louisa May Alcott's literary classic.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
That’s a supposition supported, if not proven, by increases in U.S. imports from Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and other countries corresponding to declines in specific commodities from China.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposition
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Investigators initially had 12 hypotheses about what caused the deadly collapse, per The Miami Herald.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, despite the appeal of this coevolution hypothesis, the evidence remains largely circumstantial.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Use these clues to narrow down your guesses.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The combination means an offline cracking attack can make billions of guesses per second, a thousandfold advantage over the same password hashed by non-Kerberos authentication methods.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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This group defies old assumptions and shows why traditional generational labels may be too blunt to guide modern marketing strategies.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The results challenge decades of assumptions about the virus.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The most effective education models are those that blend theory with real-world practice.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
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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More Nick Cammett/Getty Images Stefanski's remarks put to bed the conjecture that Zappe was brought it to be the Browns' emergency third QB on game days — a role that is clearly Sanders' for now.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Moreover, the proofs only settled the conjecture as it was originally stated, which involved making simplifying assumptions about the electron’s environment.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Aug. 2025
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The House as Cultural Space Step from the porch into the sitting room and the thesis continues.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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If selling to private equity, the real estate is often critical to their investment thesis.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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As a business proposition, Nasdaq may have concluded that these smaller names do not generate sufficient revenues from listing fees, trading, and data services to compensate for the compliance and reputational costs.—
Drew Bernstein,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That helps boost the Air's value proposition despite the higher starting price.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Supposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposition. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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