But to win a championship, more is required than mere assumption.

Those assumptions were solidifying as more than mere assumptions.

Consider the presumption of innocence; it gives the accused a lot more protection than a mere assumption would.

A hypothesis of "fresh creations" was "mere assumption, it explains nothing further".

To sacrifice three hundred lives on the merest assumption that troubling the Rix is worth the cost.

Unfortunately, many women are still prosecuted, beaten and even put to death for the mere assumption of infidelity.

Since the book is not vogue and the idea is based on mere assumption, it cannot be taken as authentic.

All of us involved in establishing the truth must base our conclusions on facts and not on mere assumptions.

But please don't do it on the basis of a set of mere, unprovable, assumptions.

In the rash pursuit of this object, he rushes into mere assumption at the outset.