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presupposition

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Definition of presupposition

as in assumption

something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning the cynic's presupposition that everyone acts out of purely selfish motives

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The firm also cut its price target to $11 from $13 and raised its fuel expense assumption for the third quarter to about $207 million.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
This assumption is oversimplified, and the problem is partly one of accounting.

— Ben Vanpeperstraete, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

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In September 2026 Huang and a few collaborators uploaded a proof that the historic equations represent a single case of a much grander geometrical theory.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
But there are many theories about why people are attracted to true crime, with serial killers being the stars of that world.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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