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assumption

[uh-suhmp-shuhn] / əˈsʌmp ʃən /




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Astute observers will be aspired and astonished by so many assurgent and assistive technologies to ascertain, with aspects that assault all known associated assumptions and assertions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The regulatory framework is built around the assumption that these projects must happen and that whatever collateral damage emerges can be managed later or ignored entirely.

From Salon

The new study challenges the assumption that this connection is universal.

From Science Daily

This finding challenges the long-standing assumption that the lower mantle is almost completely dry.

From Science Daily

We might have trained models to lie about their own internal states by rewarding them for echoing our assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal