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

The assumption is that he thinks he can get more money from big tech’s streaming services than he can from his long-time TV partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The assumption here is that existing computers are unable to reverse-engineer a private key from a public key.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The assumption proposal therefore did them an injustice, by “compelling them, after having done their duty, to contribute to those states who have not equally done their duty.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis