supposition

Example Sentences

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The investor supposition was they likely wouldn’t become acquisition targets.

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

You might leave the enjoyable “Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal” scratching your head over the supposition of the primacy of an art and science “collision.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

People believe what they want to believe; they can seize any spurious supposition and hold it close as a revealed truth.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

She added the claim that Aldi's sales could only be the result of gaining unfair advantage from Thatchers' reputation "amounts to little more than supposition".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

On the second supposition I put out my hand and awakened him, but the dream must have been strong.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck