supposition

Example Sentences

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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

But each of these transitory examinations skims the surface of what that may mean, making their cases through features captured in portraits or suppositions based on her family tree.

From Salon

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

“I would put forth the supposition that, when people look behind the curtain, what they’re going to see is how well-run our elections are,” he said.

From Seattle Times