assumptions

Example Sentences

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For lawyers, making assumptions about potential jurors is an important part of trial strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The researchers used this ultrasoft behavior as one of their starting assumptions.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

The “long-standing agreements and planning assumptions ... date back more than a decade,” NV Energy said in a May 14 statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Most assumptions I have seen for a net-zero type world assume somewhere between 20 million and 50 million barrels a day of traditional energy consumption.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In particular, notice that some symbols, such as the 11minus11 sign and the triangle, can refer to different chords, depending on the assumptions of the person who wrote the symbol.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones