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noun

presumption

an assumption that is taken for granted

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Six example sentences with presumption, each labelled with its topic.

  • The whole trial rests on a presumption of innocence that the state must overturn with evidence, not with suspicion.

    Law

  • The forecast carried a quiet presumption that last year's biggest client would renew, and nobody in the room questioned it.

    Business

  • Researchers began with the presumption that children imitate adults, then designed a study that could actually have proved them wrong.

    Psychology

  • Every inductive argument carries a presumption that the future will resemble the past, and Hume asked what justifies it.

    Philosophy

  • The forecast rested on a presumption that consumers would keep spending, and the winter's saving spree proved it wrong.

    Economics

  • For decades astronomers worked on the presumption that planets were rare, until the first exoplanet surveys overturned it.

    Science

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