suppositions

plural of supposition
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as in guesses
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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of suppositions O'Donnell took further issue with her feeling that Hasselbeck didn't defend her against suppositions that O'Donnell was un-American for her opposition to military advances. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 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 She’s bemused by suppositions about the advantages of her family legacy, which in reality boasts a centuries-deep ledger of addiction, estrangement, and untimely death. Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025 But that premise assumes two suppositions not in evidence. Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppositions
Noun
  • None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Danish police Chief Superintendent Jens Jespersen told reporters on Tuesday authorities were investigating several hypotheses, including the possibility that the drones were launched from ships.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Until the shutdown is resolved, businesses and policymakers will have to make their best guesses about which way the economy is going.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Here are my best guesses, after touring each room.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, anthropologist Christine Webb argues that a lot of science research is shaped by human exceptionalism, reinforcing biases and anthropocentric assumptions.
    Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Offset went on to criticize social media users for making assumptions about the split.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Drop a comment with your thoughts and theories below.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Shalett waved away macro theories about the labor market or the Federal Reserve.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The investment will cover part of the renovation and management costs of the premises as well as various cultural and educational activities.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, Shanghai authorities provided rent-free data collection premises for local firm AgiBot to have 100 robots repeating mundane tasks such as stacking shelves, folding clothes, and pouring cups of tea for 17 hours every day.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025

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