assume
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I’ll be paying for my flights from New York City, and I assume I’ll also need to get them wedding gifts.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
But regardless of whether such change is possible, both scenarios assume that the past and future are there and ready to be travelled to.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
“The market has to assume he has information that the public is not privy to,” said Jim Ritterbusch, who runs his own oil advisory trading firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
June 1: The decline in the saving rate has received much attention, but on net, I don’t assume a bad outcome simply because the saving rate is historically low.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
She was counting on Charlotte to find it in her backpack and assume that it had always been there, overlooked somehow.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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