assume
Example Sentences
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The new body shows that Germany is "assuming its historical responsibility," said Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer.
From Barron's
A legal principle, introduced into the 1989 Children Act in 2014, means judges must assume that the involvement of both parents in child contact cases are in the child's best interest.
From BBC
"It has been wrongly assumed that biblical maps followed an early modern instinct to create maps with clearly marked territorial divisions," MacDonald says.
From Science Daily
Having the world’s reserve currency, however, isn’t the unbreakable shield many assume.
After one of her make-up products "went viral" on social media, people assumed Zoe Trigwell was an overnight success and a millionaire.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
