assumption

Example Sentences

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He was so locked into the assumption that only a man could have killed Cynthia that he disregarded Perkins’ multiple alleged confessions.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Stockman walked readers through the enormous gap between the casual assumption that there were vast amounts of bloat and free money in the federal budget and the actual reality when you looked at the numbers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

"My assumption is it's not intentional but it is of course unlucky."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

But those projections rest on the assumption that the conflict in the Middle East is relatively short-lived—and the impact to the global economy is still contained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

If you assume that there is no major change without controversy, then your central assumption is never tested.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton