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"the hypothesis was" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used when discussing a specific hypothesis that has already been introduced or mentioned. Example: After conducting multiple experiments, it was evident that the hypothesis was incorrect and a new one needed to be formed.
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the hypothesis was
noun
Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
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The hypothesis was not as absurd as it might sound.
The craziness of the hypothesis was the point: Schooler knows that precognition lacks a scientific explanation.
It took years, but the analysis showed the hypothesis was right.
The hypothesis was first advanced by a historian, Edgar Quinet.
Plume doubters, meanwhile, argued that the hypothesis was unscientific if no evidence could persuade its advocates to discard it.
He went down as public-spirited and the hypothesis was proved.
The original experiment they came up with to test the hypothesis was unorthodox.
Many doctors were giving drugs assuming the hypothesis was correct, Dr. Nathan said.
In fact, however, the study found that the hypothesis was well supported by the evidence.
The hypothesis was advanced in 1929 by American linguist Edward Sapir, who called it Aztec-Tanoan.
The hypothesis was not rejected.
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