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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According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's estimates, the increase to the federal deficit would vary between Trump's and Harris' plans based on the assumption that the Republican front runner's policy would eliminate income and payroll taxes on tips.
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Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Operating under the assumption that some career employees might seek to thwart a future conservative president’s agenda, some of the advice pertains to how political appointees can avoid being derailed or bogged down by the government bureaucrats who work with them.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2024
The chief engine of those surpluses is a program that allows lawmakers to spend only a portion of quarterly income and business tax receipts on the assumption those revenues fluctuate too much year-by-year.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
This trade is based on the assumption that mega-cap stocks will beat earnings estimates and cause a reversal in the Nasdaq.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 30 July 2024
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Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Operating under the assumption that some career employees might seek to thwart a future conservative president’s agenda, some of the advice pertains to how political appointees can avoid being derailed or bogged down by the government bureaucrats who work with them.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2024
The chief engine of those surpluses is a program that allows lawmakers to spend only a portion of quarterly income and business tax receipts on the assumption those revenues fluctuate too much year-by-year.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
This trade is based on the assumption that mega-cap stocks will beat earnings estimates and cause a reversal in the Nasdaq.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 30 July 2024
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