assumption
Example Sentences
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This strategy relied on a major assumption that all BET proteins behave similarly.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
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
The assumption, he says, was always that the U.S. would tend to the retirement of the boomers through immigration.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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
He was the most centrally situated, having led the debate over both assumption and the residence question in the House.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing assumption
Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 1-10
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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