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

Mr Nixon assumed the cows would either return or stop to graze on grass verges but that "supposition... was proved to be fundamentally and fatally wrong".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

There is some hope and reporting that Ohtani could make his decision in the next few days, ending the growing fatigue from the speculation, secrecy and supposition surrounding his free agency.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The supposition that Remedios the Beauty possessed powers of death was then borne out by four irrefutable events.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez