supposition

Example Sentences

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Within six weeks of the bombings, U.S. and Japanese expert teams were in both cities studying the biological impact of radiation while saying nothing about their suppositions of its dangers.

From Scientific American

I actually thought it tasted like cold, thinned pasta sauce and did not want a second taste to confirm my supposition.

From Salon

The suggested linkage between Ebola virus and some form of bat is still suppositional, not settled scientific fact — and we have enough suppositions entangled with this subject already.

From New York Times

He said initial suppositions that the incident was a "terrorist act" had been abandoned.

From Reuters

“It’s not an unreasonable supposition” that a closer match could perform a bit better, though the effect is still unlikely to persist, Messer says.

From Science Magazine