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
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
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing supposition
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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"The Pit and the Pendulum," Vocabulary from the short story
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