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hypothesis

[hahy-poth-uh-sis, hi-] / haɪˈpɒθ ə sɪs, hɪ- /


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This is not because their business depends on proving the Riemann hypothesis.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

One hypothesis has proposed that Neornithes survived because many lived around aquatic environments, where conditions may have offered some protection from the devastation following the asteroid impact.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

"We're working off the hypothesis that we need to make a commitment to a market," he told Reuters.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Their hypothesis was confirmed when footage of a Ying Yang Twins performance went viral in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

So powerful did the evidence of Mangelsdorf’s tiny cobs seem that in the 1960s it buried the teosinte hypothesis, even though the latter’s champion, Beadle, had for other research won a Nobel Prize.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The 15 partnerships with global firms it has disclosed have an aggregate headline contract value exceeding $11 billion and suggest it can convert hypotheses into development assets and commercial transactions at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Some medical researchers let AI models take the lead alongside human lab workers to gather information, stress-test hypotheses, interpret data and spit out plans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

But there are several hypotheses, says Dr Alex Gofton, a tick expert who led a recent study into the allergy.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

To explain this contrast, the authors compare several hypotheses: natural selection, sex-biased demographic processes or partner preference.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

Locke wrote a section of the Essay on the ‘true use of hypotheses’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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