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- noun Plural form of
supposition .
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Examples
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Among the suppositions is that writing will become public, a community endeavor.
November 2007 2007
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Among the suppositions is that writing will become public, a community endeavor.
Writers & Respect: Where do we stand now? What of our future? 2007
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A ‘fishing expedition’ based on suppositions is in effect ‘everyone’ in a class or group.
Think Progress » Bush: I Was “Just Saying He’s Presumed Innocent” 2005
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Franz Camenzind, a wildlife biologist and head of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, said Game and Fish Department officials are being "irresponsible," and he called their suppositions about the effects of the disease "naive."
High Plains Journal 2008
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The same thing may, and indeed must happen, supposing them to be two different effects of a common cause: and by this method alone it would never be possible to ascertain which of the suppositions is the true one.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839
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The same thing may, and indeed must happen, supposing them to be two different effects of a common cause: and by this method alone it would never be possible to ascertain which of the suppositions is the true one.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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But definition questions aside, what "suppositions" of mine are referrng too? and what point are you making?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Maryland and Virginia "suppositions" must be potent suppositions to abrogate a clause of the United States '
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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If "suppositions" are to take the place of the constitution -- coming from both sides, they neutralize each other.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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That clause either gives Congress power to abolish slavery in the District, or it does _not_ -- and that point is to be settled, not by state "suppositions," nor state usages, nor state legislation, but
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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