assumption

Example Sentences

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Sizable gains don’t require Herculean assumptions, just basic business execution.

From Barron's

“It would be hugely helpful having the company talk more about what kind of assumptions go into coming up with the life determination,” Gomatam said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A simple assumption would be that the incoming coherent light performs work, while the outgoing light, having lost some coherence, represents heat.

From Science Daily

I know that calculating the amount and duration of conversions is a complex matter with many variables, including assumptions about future tax rates, among other things.

From MarketWatch

Like simplified classroom models that capture only part of a real system, earlier approaches relied on assumptions that made the calculations manageable but incomplete.

From Science Daily