assumption
Example Sentences
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The assumption underlying this behavior is revealing: If they themselves did not know something, then nobody else did.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
And if the government is a party to the case, then there’s often an assumption that the public’s interests and the government’s interests are the same.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Mourinho's great blind spot has always been the assumption that his personality - his aura, his force of will - is sufficient to override the values an institution has built over decades.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Distributors absorbed early cost rises on the assumption that the war would end quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
A peasant living on the assumption that bad years would not come didn’t live long.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing assumption
Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 1-10
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