assuming

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Inventories should remain at healthy levels until July or August, he said, assuming the Hormuz reopens within the next two to five weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Your $400,000 retirement account, assuming a 7% return, would produce about $28,000 a year before tax.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

A small team would be needed to extract the uranium, assuming it could be found in a single location.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Gaining access to the highly enriched uranium presents another set of challenges, assuming the US knows where it is.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“I told you, Eve forgotten a lot—that’s assuming I ever even had that lovely word in my vocabulary.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson