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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Kevin Dam, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 And under the assumption that the island of Themyscira is in the Middle East, Gal did a screen test. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024 Politicians across the ideological spectrum seem to operate on the assumption that the public cannot handle the truth. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024 The list, which now includes 75 entities, bans imports that are made in full or in part in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Region, based on the assumption that forced labor of China’s Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities was used in their manufacturing. —

Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on/under/with the assumption

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