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"When we see something very red in the universe, we often assume that it is surrounded by dust, like soot or ash," said Robert Simcoe, a study co-author from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

If she, as many assume, is putting off pregnancy until after a presidential run, then such a scenario is at least a possibility.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The landlord has not been here in months, so I assume it was a previous tenant.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

If it doesn’t, don’t assume the sporadic foreign-exchange interventions will keep working.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

If so, why would he fake his own death and assume a false identity?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

The company’ aggressive sales-growth goal assumes it will continue to make acquisitions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

But the action is nullified by the fact that Ono assumes the stoic posture of the Buddhist monks seen in the news at the time setting themselves aflame in protest of the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Charley, a scholarship student at a fancy school, and she assumes she’s talking to his rich classmates.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

“I assumed it was part of the audition process,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

She assumed it would pass, but it was a vocal tic and her first known manifestation of her Tourette's syndrome, a condition that causes people to make sudden, repetitive sounds or movements.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

One theory is that officers initially assumed it was just another episode and brushed it off.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Telecom companies assumed internet traffic would continue exploding, so they raced to build nationwide and transoceanic fiber networks before the customers and revenue were there.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

He continued with what I assumed were more of the particulars.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Citi retains its buy rating and trims its target price to 495.00 Hong Kong dollars from HK$530.00, assuming the stock trades at 31 times the price-to-earnings ratio of estimated 2027 earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Heirs receive assets after valid claims are resolved, assuming that probate assets actually exist.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

People routinely tried to sell us different kinds of softshell turtles and other species that were highly restricted, assuming we fishmongers were as indifferent as they were to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

In that scenario — assuming no change in the value of the long end — bonds would fall in value by $65 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

“We’re going to stay overnight in a suite, and we’re going to go on every ride. That’s assuming I get all A’s 1st quarter. But that shouldn’t be a problem.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty