| economic assumption | 5.60 | The economic assumptions were quite conservative. | ||
| basic assumption | 3.03 | Their basic assumptions are very clear. | ||
| false assumption | 2.17 | But this, according to Wu, is a false assumption. | ||
| underlying assumption | 2.17 | Assimilation was an underlying assumption. | ||
| common assumption | 1.97 | That common assumption can be very wrong. | ||
| old assumption | 1.91 | All the old assumptions would seem like foolishness. | ||
| reasonable assumption | 1.71 | Is this a reasonable assumption? | ||
| optimistic assumption | 1.58 | That optimistic assumption is challenged by some economists. | ||
| different assumption | 1.32 | And different assumptions lead to vastly different projections. | ||
| widespread assumption | 1.32 | That led to a widespread assumption that there would be little contagion. | ||
| mistaken assumption | 1.12 | Goldstein said the group had made a mistaken assumption. | ||
| implicit assumption | 0.99 | They reject implicit assumptions that the West has all the answers for Africa. | ||
| general assumption | 0.92 | The general assumption was that Anna was racing off every lunch hour to see a boyfriend. | ||
| questionable assumption | 0.92 | That is a questionable assumption. | ||
| safe assumption | 0.79 | It was a safe assumption. | ||
| logical assumption | 0.72 | It was a logical assumption. | ||
| long-held assumption | 0.72 | These are turbulent times, and some long-held assumptions may no longer apply. | ||
| easy assumption | 0.66 | It was too easy an assumption. | ||
| erroneous assumption | 0.66 | His economic predictions are based on some erroneous assumptions. | ||
| held assumption | 0.66 | All this runs counter to a commonly held assumption of the biochemical cause of obesity. |