believed
Example Sentences
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The BBC understands police were unable to verify the origin of the ashes, but believed they may not be human.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
For now, if China’s own regulators are to be believed, China’s market is still the one doing the looking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Multiple people were also believed to be unaccounted for at a factory in Yatsushiro city where the tip of a chimney fell down, NHK reported, citing sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
That distance was too great for the instrument to detect gamma rays coming from the planet, but scientists believed it might still register neutrons escaping from the Martian surface and atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
I don’t know if they believed her or not.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
