assumption
Example Sentences
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That assumption prevented researchers from recreating the distinctive two-part shape seen in contact binaries.
From Science Daily
“There was no assumption it would be there. So when it is, it’s all the more moving.”
From Los Angeles Times
Those are good enough reasons in themselves whether or not we have anything to hide, and that assumption of privacy was embedded in the U.S.
From Salon
Part of that increase relates to better visibility following drilling and part to higher gold-price assumptions, Jones said.
But wars rarely unfold according to initial assumptions.
From BBC
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