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suppose

[suh-pohz, suh-pohst] / səˈpoʊz, səˈpoʊst /




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Suppose the question is whether to ride a bike to work instead of drive.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Suppose the original manufacturer of the sofa sold it for $200 to the trading company, which then marked it up to $300.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

A stripped-down hypothetical can illustrate the point: Suppose a married couple has $100,000 in adjusted gross income, and now they want to switch $10,000 from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025

Suppose America faced the threat of war from a "very powerful enemy", Samuel Alito - another conservative justice – asked.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

“Ah, but suppose I don’t want to go to my father? Suppose I don’t trust him?”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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