assumption
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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
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
One key assumption for target-date funds is that an investor’s time horizon ends around age 60, at which point the portfolio shifts to a safer mix of stocks and bonds to preserve assets for retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
By challenging a long-standing assumption about moisture, the researchers found a straightforward way to improve an existing battery material.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
“This is very curious!” said I, with the best assumption I could put on of its being nothing more to me.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
“Every flight validates assumptions and uncovers opportunities for improvement.”
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
The new forecast reflects "changes in the external environment such as foreign exchange assumptions, as well as marketing efforts including the establishment of alternative logistics routes to the Middle East", it said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was the same thing every Friday, and he never said no, but Ma and Pa always say it’s polite and proper to ask and not to make no assumptions.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 1-10
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