on/under/with the assumption
idiom
: as though one knows : in the belief
We are operating on/under/with the assumption that the loan will be approved.
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This is, however, based on the assumption of a continuous increase in passenger numbers.
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Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The current stability of the system relies on the assumption that Satoshi and his coins are gone forever, frozen by the liquid nitrogen in Hal Finney’s brain.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
This is under the assumption that oil cartel OPEC+ refrains from responding by increasing production, Struyven said.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
To get a separate measure of how unusual this is, the researchers placed 8 million novas around the center of the galaxy, with the distribution being random but biased to match the galaxy's brightness under the assumption that novas will be more frequent in areas with more stars.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The current stability of the system relies on the assumption that Satoshi and his coins are gone forever, frozen by the liquid nitrogen in Hal Finney’s brain.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
This is under the assumption that oil cartel OPEC+ refrains from responding by increasing production, Struyven said.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
To get a separate measure of how unusual this is, the researchers placed 8 million novas around the center of the galaxy, with the distribution being random but biased to match the galaxy's brightness under the assumption that novas will be more frequent in areas with more stars.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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