hypothesis
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When one examines statistical deviations from trend for output and employment, economies look similar before and after recessions, and he sees little support for the Schumpeterian creative-destruction hypothesis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
To test this hypothesis investigators needed to seize McCullagh's computer, but given his media work, including as a part-time assistant audience editor at the Belfast Telegraph, this would require additional steps.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The last and smallest entry point is prediction platforms, through which investors can place money on a hypothesis.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Its goal was to test the hypothesis: Does using hormone therapy decrease the risk of heart disease?
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Osiander, in his anonymous introduction to Copernicus’s On the Revolutions, insisted that Copernicus should only be read as presenting an hypothesis, not as describing how the world really is.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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