as in theories
an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation
working on the hypothesis that teenagers function better in the late morning, some high schools are starting classes later
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Recent Examples of hypotheses
When anyone with a creative spark can orchestrate a cloud of AI agents to build prototypes, analyze markets, and test hypotheses, the cost of trying something new plummets.
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Erik Brynjolfsson, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Engineers use agents to test hypotheses.
—Norbert Jung, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Scholars have offered multiple hypotheses, mostly emphasizing culture, history, and institutions, to explain the economic rise of countries in Asia.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Historians have presented a number of hypotheses to explain the reasons for the culture’s demise, pointing to floods, shifting rivers, and invasions.
—Jay Kakade
december 15, New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2025
Similar effects might get different names, suggesting different hypotheses.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2025
Rather than waiting for on-call staff members to figure out what happened, the AWS DevOps Agent automatically assigns work to agents that look into different hypotheses, Sivasubramanian said.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
But coming up with these kinds of testable hypotheses is important for moving forward our understanding of the underlying physiology of REDs.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 10 Nov. 2025
Scientists had proposed two main hypotheses for the missing radiation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypotheses
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Those are, indeed, pat, credible theories and predictions.—
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But now, in the planet’s capital city of Apperax, a murder is committed with no suspects, forensics or theories.—
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.—
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Two fire exits from the premises were sufficient for 100 customers in the upper part of the bar and another 100 in the basement section, Féraud said.—
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As archaeology advances, these structures continue to challenge assumptions about technological progress.—
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Most importantly, the reader’s assumptions have changed.—
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“Hypotheses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypotheses. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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