assumption
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They might base their assumption about their tax bill on the estimated property taxes in the home’s for-sale listing, or information that was given to them at the closing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Segura said that assumption couldn’t be further from the truth and that the former couple had been recording separate episodes since they split earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 2019, the airline reacquired Aeroplan for C$497 million in cash, along with the assumption of about C$2 billion in liability associated with unused Aeroplan points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
She said the group had long been advocating "for an end to the automatic assumption that someone in their home or private life is a potential customer."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The assumption is that the convecting fluids in the Earth act somehow like the currents in wires.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Infante pointed me toward research by Rabobank senior beverage analyst Bourcard Nesin that complicates one of the most common assumptions about Gen Z drinking habits.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
That said, it’s important people don’t make assumptions about why someone may have gained or lost weight, said Rago: “You can be caring.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This finding calls into question long-established assumptions about fertility.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
People take a look at her and make assumptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Pure mathematics does indeed deal with certainties, but its applications are only as good as the underlying empirical assumptions, simplifications, and estimations that go into them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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