supposition

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But once we sort of stripped away all of the supposition and the data that didn’t hold up to scrutiny, all that was left was the market.

From Scientific American

A reasonable supposition, which it would be good to hear her address, would be that Ginni Thomas was referring to her husband.

From Washington Post

Here, the suppositions are piling up to form a house of cards.

From Salon

“This foolish supposition has led to the sharing of sensitive information to the Chinese Communist Party officials while simultaneously refusing to share much lower levels of operationally relevant information with our allies,” Capt. Fanell said.

From Washington Times

Such arguments are based on the supposition that neither the RBD nor the FCS “appears natural” and therefore that they can only be the product of lab-based engineering or selection.

From Scientific American