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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His wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, struggle to maintain order back home, where a handful of suitors compete for Penelope's affection, under the assumption that Odysseus is dead. —

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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. —

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