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
Present hypotheses, actions and experiments.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Still, experts have some hypotheses on how parenting could improve brain health.
—Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025
These would be some of the world’s most advanced large language models coming up with, testing, and possibly even automatically implementing new trading strategies and investment hypotheses.
—Philip Maymin, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
It is never based on how convincing an argument is, but rather how compelling the full suite of evidence and data is for supporting all plausible hypotheses.
—Big Think, 27 Feb. 2025
In recent years, the scientific approach to nurturing start-ups—developing hypotheses, collecting evidence that either supports or refutes them, and letting the data guide decisions—has been shown to boost ventures’ performance.
—Chiara Spina, Harvard Business Review, 24 Feb. 2025
More research is needed to test both hypotheses.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
For now, these are all just hypotheses.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Still, experts have some hypotheses on how parenting could improve brain health.
—Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025
These would be some of the world’s most advanced large language models coming up with, testing, and possibly even automatically implementing new trading strategies and investment hypotheses.
—Philip Maymin, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
It is never based on how convincing an argument is, but rather how compelling the full suite of evidence and data is for supporting all plausible hypotheses.
—Big Think, 27 Feb. 2025
In recent years, the scientific approach to nurturing start-ups—developing hypotheses, collecting evidence that either supports or refutes them, and letting the data guide decisions—has been shown to boost ventures’ performance.
—Chiara Spina, Harvard Business Review, 24 Feb. 2025
More research is needed to test both hypotheses.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
For now, these are all just hypotheses.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Hypotheses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypotheses. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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