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something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
the widespread assumption that violent entertainment leads to violent behavior in children your argument is faulty because it's based on erroneous assumptions
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Recent Examples of assumptions
Imagine a world where product decisions are no longer based on assumptions or guesswork.
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Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Thanks to Mike Roberts of UME Projects for his knowledge of assumptions of government loans.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
This variability challenges prior assumptions that tolerance to aversive stimuli would develop uniformly across individuals.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Both sides accuse each other of making outdated assumptions, ignoring inconvenient realities and dishing out falsehoods.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Most are just assumptions handed down or picked up along the way, never questioned or challenged.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Not only that, but far from being omniscient, impersonal and impartial oracles, machine learning results can be heavily conditioned by the quality of the input data and by the assumptions in the machine learning algorithm’s modeling.
—Federico Guerrini, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Taking atmospheric measurements of a single hot Jupiter in its current state and extrapolating back several billion years to its formation requires making a lot of assumptions, Kevin Stevenson, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, told me via email.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
But these recalls force consumers to rethink assumptions.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Thanks to Mike Roberts of UME Projects for his knowledge of assumptions of government loans.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
This variability challenges prior assumptions that tolerance to aversive stimuli would develop uniformly across individuals.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Both sides accuse each other of making outdated assumptions, ignoring inconvenient realities and dishing out falsehoods.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Most are just assumptions handed down or picked up along the way, never questioned or challenged.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Not only that, but far from being omniscient, impersonal and impartial oracles, machine learning results can be heavily conditioned by the quality of the input data and by the assumptions in the machine learning algorithm’s modeling.
—Federico Guerrini, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Taking atmospheric measurements of a single hot Jupiter in its current state and extrapolating back several billion years to its formation requires making a lot of assumptions, Kevin Stevenson, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, told me via email.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
But these recalls force consumers to rethink assumptions.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumptions
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There will be theories and counter-theories.Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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All or any of those theories could explain the decision to step back from the documentary footage, however, Harry's absence from Polo first leaked via the Daily Mail back in September in an article that suggested Netflix was not happy with the approach and wanted more bang for its buck.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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His approach involves forming hypotheses, traveling to meet world leaders and rigorously testing the ideas.Peter High, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Though the researchers couldn’t answer exactly why alcohol consumption was so high among the US adults surveyed, Lee has a few hypotheses.Sam Tupper, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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Conforming Conforming involves adjusting your own beliefs or behaviors to align with someone else’s.Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Instead of adjusting their beliefs, individuals advocate for their perspective and attempt to sway others to see things their way.Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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With sly wit and improbable empathy, the show simultaneously scrutinizes the arrogance of the traditional medical establishment and the presumptions and false promises of the wellness industry.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
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At times, there were presumptions about our abilities and an undertone of dismissiveness.Jessica Bailey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Assumptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumptions. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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