on the assumption that

Example Sentences

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Its forecast is based on the assumption that fuel costs remain around their current level, and supply chain issues neither worsen nor improve.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

That’s on the assumption that corporate revenue grows at the same rate as gross domestic product.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

The basis for that optimism is that the CBO projections are based on the assumption that Social Security trust funds will be fully funded and thus able to pay full benefits scheduled under current law.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

"We are still operating on the assumption that we will receive the delivery, but we don't know when," Pfister said, adding that the government was mulling various options.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Chemical control of insects seems to have proceeded on the assumption that the soil could and would sustain any amount of insult via the introduction of poisons without striking back.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson