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assume

[uh-soom] / əˈsum /






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One said, “Whether we like this timeline or not, we must assume RSI is about to start.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“We use the 37% bracket and assume a 3.8% Medicare/ACA surcharge,” Close said, when discussing taxable equivalent yields.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

“Nobody was cooler than Barry — the hair, the suits, the laugh, the cigar, a cologne that I assume somebody somewhere made just for him,” Van Pelt said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

"So we can assume that he assessed Ju Ae as having the greatest potential to become his successor," he added.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

“I assume it’s yours? I’ve put it in your brother’s room.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Such a possibility would conflict with the standard model, which assumes that dark energy remains constant.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

But occasionally, snobs don’t have a choice, such as when they’re sitting in the dark of a movie theater, where the viewer assumes the role of the spectator.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

First, he assumes that they’re as gullible as he is—that, since he believes the compliments they shovel his way, they’ll believe his shovelings too.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

My calculation assumes that nonsurviving funds were behind the S&P 500 at the time they stopped existing.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Yet this assumes that Herophilus was asking modern questions of his data.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The "Fed meeting sees the swaps market implying a 92% probability of a hike, with 50 basis points of cumulative tightening assumed by year-end", said Chris Weston at Pepperstone.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Faced with an entire fourth quarter of do-or-die plays, Manning flashed the skills that fans have long assumed were encoded in his DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Since the medium’s earliest days, Madison Avenue assumed that in households well-off enough to afford television sets, daytime audiences were mostly women who influenced household spending.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

"Because the collision was considered violent enough to melt and vaporize large portions of Earth and Theia, those previous papers assumed that it is okay to approximate them as fluids," Asphaug said.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

I assumed that the A meant Antler, and a thrill ran through me.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

RHB expects Brent crude to fall to $85 a barrel by end-2026 and $75 a barrel by end-2027, assuming a renewed easing of geopolitical tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

MLB announced its 2027 schedule eight months before the start of next season, assuming next season starts on time.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Edu is not expected to be replaced, with Forest's chief football officer George Syrianos assuming his responsibilities.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

That means someone age 50 or older could potentially contribute as much as $80,000, assuming sufficient eligible compensation and a plan that permits catch-up contributions.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

The old God of Sleep aroused his son, Morpheus, skilled in assuming the form of any and every human being, and he gave him Juno’s orders.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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