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an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation
working on the hypothesis that teenagers function better in the late morning, some high schools are starting classes later
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Recent Examples of hypotheses
His approach involves forming hypotheses, traveling to meet world leaders and rigorously testing the ideas.
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Peter High, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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
That’s at odds with hypotheses that attribute the formation of the Great Unconformity to large-scale erosion by Snowball Earth ice sheets themselves.
—Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
Innovators remove risks by gathering evidence to test hypotheses about the market.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
A lot of science starts out with some hypotheses that are often based on intuitions or on prior beliefs.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Jeff Gage/Florida Museum, CC BY-ND Two competing hypotheses could explain the similarity.
—Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
But the early experiments are proving a positive safety profile, and more general insights and hypotheses are beginning to emerge.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This involves formulating hypotheses, testing them and refining them based on observed outcomes.
—Thomas Lim, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Peter High, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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
That’s at odds with hypotheses that attribute the formation of the Great Unconformity to large-scale erosion by Snowball Earth ice sheets themselves.
—Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
Innovators remove risks by gathering evidence to test hypotheses about the market.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
A lot of science starts out with some hypotheses that are often based on intuitions or on prior beliefs.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Jeff Gage/Florida Museum, CC BY-ND Two competing hypotheses could explain the similarity.
—Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
But the early experiments are proving a positive safety profile, and more general insights and hypotheses are beginning to emerge.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This involves formulating hypotheses, testing them and refining them based on observed outcomes.
—Thomas Lim, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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