The phrase "growing assumption that" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
The phrase "growing assumption that" is typically used to suggest that a particular thought or opinion is becoming increasingly widespread or accepted. For example, "There is a growing assumption that organic foods are more nutritious than non-organic foods."
There is a growing assumption that the state can take ownership of our digital identities with the introduction of more and more legislation requiring enforced registration.
Does normal for them mean we should all go back to the growing assumption that the election is Mr. McGreevey's to lose?
It would be all too easy to slide from an emphasis on the importance of human choice into a growing assumption that when people are not able to make choices, when they become utterly dependent, their value is diminished.
Another factor has changed the nature of the discussion from the inevitable speculation to a growing assumption that one or more of the justices may soon retire: The administration's let's-be-prepared deliberations were set in motion by the November election and the impending shift to Republican control of the Senate, which must vote on confirming any Supreme Court nominees.
But the pace of events in Florida was such that some justices who retained strong doubts about whether the court should be in the case at all could at least take cold comfort from the growing assumption that the election would be over before the case could come back to haunt the Supreme Court again.
I'm not sure if anyone is writing this kind of criticism today — certainly, the most admired literary critics aren't — and the reason is probably the one Kazin cited: "the growing assumption that literature cannot affect our future, that the future is in other hands".
The growing assumption in European capitals is that May is determined to deliver on a pledge to bring UK borders back under control; as a result, UK access to the EU single market will be limited.
There is a growing assumption in Europe, including the UK, that refugees have become a toxic issue.
This time the Met is also trying to operate amid a growing cynical assumption that all police officers are corrupt.
It tallies with a growing public assumption that too much of British policing has come to regard self-preservation, obfuscation and downright dirty trickery as their prerogative".
Volumetric estimates are preferred, as they avoid the assumption that tumour grows or shrinks uniformly, although volume extrapolation using one measurement is inaccurate in comparison with that calculated by proper volumetry.
