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Working hypothesis

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  1. 1
    A hypothesis that is weakly held, tentatively, as a best guess; such a hypothesis among several plausible ones that is driving or underpinning a scientific team's work at a given time.

    "Among these several hypotheses, the one judged as most likely was our working hypothesis during the autumn semester."

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