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How to use the word assumptions in a Sentence?

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The true power of science lies in its ability to challenge assumptions, dismantle misconceptions, and pave the way for new frontiers of understanding.

Aloo Denish

added by Aloo-Denish
10 months ago

Your assumptions are just as wild as your confusion.

Link Starbureiy

added by anonymous
11 months ago

It’s really important that we understand the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly of how dark patterns or personalized targeting can influence how consumers respond, when they respond, and the extent to which they are able to benefit from competition, a lot of the assumptions have been that consumers can discipline bad behavior [of a company] by switching. But if consumers don’t switch as easily as they used to, or if consumers are being nudged in one direction or another, that’s a market reality we need to understand.

Jonathan Kanter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Don’t make assumptions.

The Blonde Jon

added by TheBlondeJon
1 year ago

Despite the challenges and realities of the medical field today, I fit wherever and however I can, actively shaping my space and resisting the assumptions that first prompted me to ask where I fit, to finally answer my question: I don’t fit, but I am here anyway.

David Howard

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Singapore continues to be governed using the same values, institutions and assumptions that underpinned British colonialism so the government can not reject or repudiate colonialism without also criticizing its own values, institutions and methods of governance.

Thum Ping Tjin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Please disclose the methodology used in calculating these figures and the underlying judgements and assumptions used by management.

The SEC

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Assumptions always lead us astray.

Simone Ahuja

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Models are incredibly complex. There are different ways of tuning them so to speak, you don't know exactly what the atmosphere is doing on every spot on the Earth at initial time, so you have to make certain assumptions.

Greg Carbin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You really have to check in with people who are older and vulnerable and who have had Covid and not just make assumptions that they're fine just because they tell you they are, we need to be more proactive in engaging them and finding out, really, how they are.

James Jackson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a result, you get a lot of uncertainty, and uncertainty is not the word that you want to present to an epidemiologist. It's scary. It means you have to make a lot of assumptions, or you have to explore a new science during a pandemic.

Megan Diamond

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a chain of assumptions the authors accept in order to confirm that this is a Denisovan fossil, the reality is that we can not know whether this single and badly preserved molar belonged indeed to a Denisovan, a hybrid or even an unknown hominin group. It might well be a Denisovan, and I would love it to be a Denisovan, because how cool would that be ? But more confident evidence is needed.

Katerina Douka

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The developments in Russia demonstrate the assumptions that autocratic leadership will always make rational decisions have been thoroughly destroyed by Vladimir Putin -- in Vladimir Putin decision to invade Ukraine, it does not mean that Xi Jinping will tomorrow decide to use force against Taiwan because Xi Jinping friend in Moscow decided to do so against Ukraine.

Michael Cole

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Paytm was overpriced, it required investors to make growth assumptions well into the future for a business model that has not been firmly established.

Nuno Fernandes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

And there was a lot of assumptions being made which is what we feared is that, you know, we don't have the facts yet because the police report's not available… You're actually threatening the investigation by making this kind of circus around it.

The LCDC itself

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The evidence contradicts reports made by law enforcement officers, as well as common assumptions of how law enforcement and the criminal justice system should operate, i am glad that the public can review the evidence for themselves and compare it against the statements made by the involved officers and the prosecution. Through transparency, I hope that our law enforcement and criminal justice systems can be improved.

Eric Rice

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We really haven't revisited the underlying assumptions since the'70s, which is a little bit horrifying given how different the way we eat, the price of foods, how families acquire and prepare foods, all of those things have changed so dramatically. So this is way overdue.

Elaine Waxman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We can't make assumptions about the safety or tolerability of medicines in children being the same as for adults.

Kari Simonsen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Changing a diet to include or exclude any one food is unlikely to make much difference -- it's dietary( and lifestyle) patterns that count, i suppose you could argue that the minutes add up, but that gets into further untested and untestable assumptions.

Marion Nestle

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Under the guise of academic research, this report is nothing short of an attack on those who exercised their personal freedom to attend Sturgis, predictably, some in the media breathlessly report on this non-peer reviewed model, built on incredibly faulty assumptions that do not reflect the actual facts and data.

Kristi Noem

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we're seeing here is making assumptions about everybody and their life situation based on race.

Ian Prior

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Essentially all of Carlson's legal assertions and assumptions are wrong.

Elie Honig

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Understanding galaxy formation hinges on assumptions about Star Formation in Gaseous Environments, if we can understand Star Formation in Gaseous Environments, then we can understand galaxy formation. And by understanding galaxy formation, we can understand more about what the universe is made of. Understanding where we come from and how we're situated in the universe ultimately hinges on understanding the origins of stars.

Michael Grudi?

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We wanted things based on data rather than assumptions.

Todd Berry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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