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It might seem natural to assume that smaller amounts of stripped material would simply produce weaker flares.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

“But I would assume another live BP, but we’re gonna make sure we talk to him and get with the training staff as well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

But reducing or omitting speech from a movie’s audio tracks forces viewers to give the screen their full attention, which Netflix and other streaming services assume is a lost cause in the second-screen era.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Don’t assume the ACA Marketplace will always be cheaper.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

“I assume you aren’t participating in the sim test tomorrow?” he asked.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Where I lose patience, though, is when a director assumes the audience doesn’t have a collective brain cell among them and attempts to get away with serving action fans a ration of gruel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I’m a regular person, like you,” Hal says, gazing directly through the fourth wall at the tiny people he assumes are worshipping him from afar.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

He thinks volume declines could be less severe than Seek assumes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Some analysts say Chinese tech valuations are, if anything, more stretched than Korea’s, resting on a domestic-substitution story that assumes China’s champions deserve to trade like Nvidia’s ecosystem without Nvidia’s numbers behind them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

And how easily she assumes they can get permission from Papa.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

They argued that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government "assumed massive rises in council tax" in their areas to compensate for cuts to central government funding when publishing its Local Government Finance Settlement.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

A shareholder cannot tell how long any particular chip is assumed to last.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Zambia had the dubious distinction of being Africa’s first pandemic-era sovereign defaulter when he assumed office in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

To his surprise, catching up to the pig to return it to its owner wasn’t as easy as he assumed, as he went on to document over three videos he posted online.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

For instance, it assumed a normal, bell-shaped distribution for future stock prices.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Given that bitcoin has repeatedly suffered peak-to-trough drawdowns that last longer than traditional markets can stand, he cautions against assuming the bottom is in.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Thiago will hope to avoid being a one-season wonder for Brentford - assuming he stays with the Bees.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

But it will probably take years for Bronin to acquire the credibility on Social Security that Larson possessed, even assuming that he wishes to do so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Living in a free society requires us to begin by assuming that parents act in their children’s best interests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“He put his name down for three dances, and I suppose he’s coming for them. What a bore!” said Meg, assuming a languid air which amused Laurie immensely.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott