on/under/with the assumption
idiom
: as though one knows : in the belief
We are operating on/under/with the assumption that the loan will be approved.
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Hitting top form before spring comes with the assumption that an athlete has peaked too early in the year.
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Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
As a result, the policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yield was up 0.08 percentage points late Friday morning, to 4.51%, on the assumption that less rate-cutting is on the way.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Both of these numbers have caused grief in the markets because U.S. companies such as Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI are making huge investments in chips and data centers on the assumption that they will be needed for training and operating these new kinds of systems.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
By optimizing for latency, designing with the assumption of massive data needs and prioritizing rapid shipping, organizations can create an infrastructure ready to handle the immense scale and real-time demands of LLMs.
—Chandra Kuchi, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
As a result, the policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yield was up 0.08 percentage points late Friday morning, to 4.51%, on the assumption that less rate-cutting is on the way.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Both of these numbers have caused grief in the markets because U.S. companies such as Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI are making huge investments in chips and data centers on the assumption that they will be needed for training and operating these new kinds of systems.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
By optimizing for latency, designing with the assumption of massive data needs and prioritizing rapid shipping, organizations can create an infrastructure ready to handle the immense scale and real-time demands of LLMs.
—Chandra Kuchi, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“On/under/with the assumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Funder%2Fwith%20the%20assumption. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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