Sentence examples for held assumptions from inspiring English sources

Then pose and research unconventional questions that challenge commonly held assumptions.

That moment, Mr. Sandel said, is often "a turning point" in getting students to question their own deeply held assumptions.

Rather, it's about changing the atmosphere, the commonly held assumptions: life is hard and you're on your own.

Also this year, one of the most widely held assumptions about hormone replacement therapy -- that it helps prevent cardiovascular disease -- was called into question.

But the American finding has so unsettled governments, agencies and officials dealing with Iran that it has suddenly upended commonly held assumptions.

Parks's shots challenge commonly held assumptions about segregation – chiefly, that it prevented any physical contact whatsoever between black and white Americans.

Technology may have undermined long-held assumptions about the nature and permanence of jobs.

We also see her sexual awakening and begin to understand the impact her new role will have on long-held assumptions about trust and intimacy.

It is not hard to see why when, within weeks, data from large and rigorous studies have thrown into question two long-held assumptions about preventive medicine.

The evidence for such landscape engineering in the past is also forcing scholars to reassess long-held assumptions that the tropical lowlands could not support populous civilizations.

The meta-analysis could have just as well suggested that our long-held assumptions about offending concentration are wrong.