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In the 19th century, economist William Stanley Jevons ------- the assumption that acquiring more of anything would be preferable to acquiring less of that same thing—he put forth the theory of Diminishing Marginal Utility, which stated that each additional item that is used or consumed provides less satisfaction or utility than the previous one. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? questionedeliminatemaintainedeliminatebolsteredeliminateregretted

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In the 19th century, economist William Stanley Jevons ------- the assumption that acquiring more of anything would be preferable to acquiring less of that same thing—he put forth the theory of Diminishing Marginal Utility, which stated that each additional item that is used or consumed provides less satisfaction or utility than the previous one. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? questionedeliminatemaintainedeliminatebolsteredeliminateregretted

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The most logical and precise word to complete the text is "questioned". So, the completed sentence is: "In the 19th century, economist William Stanley Jevons questioned the assumption that acquiring more of anything would be preferable to acquiring less of that same thing—he put forth the theory of Diminishing Marginal Utility, which stated that each additional item that is used or consumed provides less satisfaction or utility than the previous one."

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