assuming

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Let’s go with an aggressive scenario: If he begins taking Social Security at age 62 and invests the payments, he could accumulate more than $100,000 by 67, assuming a healthy 10% annual investment return.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Yuping Huang, a member of the company’s leadership team, served in an interim capacity until formally assuming the role in January of this year.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Still, some doctors caution against assuming the ship itself is the reason for the outbreak, pointing to prevailing theories that the disease was first contracted off-ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

“The scale of assuming they get the $1.5 trillion, that is a step function change,” McGinn explained.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

No doubt I am guilty of some injustice here, but it is irreducible, since I cannot risk assuming that the humanity of these people is more real to them than their uniforms.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin