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assumptions

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Jefferies analysts led by Lloyd Byrne published a report, “Is Crude & Diesel the Next Gold? Longer-Term Oil Price Assumptions Need to Rise,” to this effect.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Assumptions viewers might have made about Shaina’s family in those moments say more about who they are than her.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

Assumptions about the treatment intensity also played a significant role in the treatment.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

"That's when I jumped in with assumptions, and then tried to validate them. Assumptions can be killers."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2022

Assumptions as to what I should do under given conditions had always irritated me, and accounted, in a large measure, for my proneness to surprise and disappoint people.

From The House of a Thousand Candles by Nicholson, Meredith