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prevailing assumption

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meanings of prevailingand assumption


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prevailing
adjective
uk /prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/ us /prɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
existing in a particular place or at a ...
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assumption
noun
uk /əˈsʌmp.ʃən/ us /əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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Examples of prevailing assumption


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They dismiss the prevailingassumption that feedback is beneficial and dismantle the evidence that supports that assumption.
The prevailingassumption is that these paradigms get in the way of access to true feelings, that they are, in fact, a hindrance to historical understanding.
It does nothing to reverse the prevailingassumption that information collected on behalf of the public—by public servants and at public expense—should be kept secret.
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This was counter to the prevailingassumption of a linear relationship between total dose or dose rate and the consequences.
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This theory was at odds with the prevailingassumption of the day, namely that antibiotics were laboratory artifacts.
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Supporters of this new theory contest the prevailingassumption that the earliest art was painted or engraved on external surfaces such as cave walls or rock faces.
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Though it is possible a group is behind the attacks, the prevailingassumption of the investigation and media reports is that one man is behind the crimes.
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Despite these prevailing assumptions, the study of the development and psychological status of pragmatic inference can be instructive for theories of word learning in a number of ways.
It also disproved prevailing assumptions among scientists that only proteins could act as antigens.
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That can be done when prevailing assumptions are challenged.
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Our political leaders, like the rest of us, dealt with new phenomena on the basis of prevailing assumptions.
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Challenging prevailing assumptions about technology and its usefulness has led to alternative ideas like uneconomic growth or measuring well-being.
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Some of these rules were motivated by the prevailing assumptions of female frailty and dependence.
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