assumed

Example Sentences

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Until then, both sides had assumed it referred to federal agents and police, not the military.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the years, as The Beatles went through the varying waves of new popularity and coolness, I assumed that at some point, surely there would be an official release.

From Salon

Those changes mattered because they aligned the business more closely with how Chinese consumers actually behave — not how global headquarters assumed they would.

From MarketWatch

As a child, Clara Spars, who grew up in Charles M. Schulz’s adoptive hometown of Santa Rosa, assumed that every city had life-size “Peanuts” statues dotting its streets.

From Los Angeles Times

It was an idea reflected in Lincoln’s description, as he assumed office in 1861, of Americans as an “almost chosen people.”

From The Wall Street Journal