How to Use assumption in a Sentence

assumption

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  • I'm telling you our arrival time on the assumption that you will check to see whether or not our flight is on time before you come to the airport.
  • Her plan is based on the underlying assumption that the economy will improve in the near future.
  • I made the assumption that he was coming, so I was surprised when he didn't show up.
  • He will come home tomorrow. At least, that's my assumption.
  • Many scientific assumptions about Mars were wrong.
  • The assumption here is that Apple would equip the handset with the A16 chip.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Nov. 2022
  • There’s this assumption that what sells best is your best work.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • What is the worst assumption someone has made about you? 12.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 23 Feb. 2023
  • DirecTV will pay EchoStar $1 plus the assumption of debt.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The assumption was that the parent's action's were racist.
    — Kathryn Muchnick, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
  • The sailors would pay dearly for this faulty assumption.
    — Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And the assumption these are super rich people on these yachts?
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The invasion of Ukraine taught me that this assumption was flawed.
    — Paul Podolsky, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Given his job is to keep the president alive, the safe assumption would be that Xavier was hurt in the line of duty.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
  • That assumption is a key driver behind a big rally in stocks over the past year.
    — Christine Romans, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The assumption, from afar, is this move has been a more circuitous route to returning to an EFL job.
    — Beren Cross, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But a study of the historical record reveals the flaws in this assumption.
    — Yasheng Huang, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • The data will counter any assumptions based on age or gender that may arise.
    — Natalie Wu, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Hayes says that’s based on faulty assumptions about how broadly the tax would apply.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • My first assumption on the hunt with Walz was that somebody had screwed up, failing to place the birds in the pre-planned locations.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Hubris is still the provenance of the arrogant assumption.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And yet, this bedrock assumption seems to conflict with the universe that surrounds us.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022
  • And investors are re-pricing stocks and bonds based on that assumption.
    — Roger Conrad, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Okamoto is also working on the assumption that your guest brought in a gun.
    — Lizzy Acker, oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
  • As the zine evolved, one of the things that became more and more important to me was to start wrecking people’s assumptions.
    — Shawn Reynaldo, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The 13-year-old is also on the autism spectrum, inviting even more assumptions.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The team adds that how fingers and thumbs move helps space the way an individual thinks and the assumptions made about the world around us.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Till under the assumption that the Ghost star wore a fat suit during production.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In Monday’s meeting, it was mentioned that the costs and savings associated with these measures have been calculated under the assumption that United qualify for the Europa League for the next four years.
    — Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025

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