assumption
Example Sentences
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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.
Nor, with the investigation of the couple’s deaths still underway, can anyone make any assumptions about Nick’s innocence or guilt.
From Salon
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