assuming

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In one case, a surgeon at Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd located what was said to be a very visible tattoo or marking and operated assuming it indicated the site of the patient's tumour.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

In late 2025, SpaceX was valued close to $450 billion assuming more than two billion shares outstanding.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

An in-home, nonmedical caregiver costs more than $80,000 a year, assuming 44 hours of care a week, while the median cost of assisted living is $74,400 a year, according to CareScout.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Instead of assuming a detailed theory from the start, scientists begin with a few broad principles they believe nature must obey and then determine what laws naturally emerge.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

That is, of course, assuming that astronomers care about the date at all.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife