The name reflects the core assumption that the Iraqi government is to be an equal partner in regaining control of its capital.

The security dilemma is the core assumption of defensive realism.

What constitutes fanaticism in another's behavior or belief is determined by the core assumptions of the one doing the evaluation.

Let us discuss each of the two core assumptions in turn.

Yesterday, the Internet passed another such milestone, this time shaking some core assumptions in the finance industry.

In Enron's case, that core assumption turned out to be invalid.

An organizing principle is a core assumption from which everything else by proximity can derive a classification or a value.

The core assumption is that economic forces determine culture and shape behavior.

The currency-induced turmoil has shaken some core assumptions of modern economics.

Outside some intellectuals, such ideas continue to predominate as core assumptions.