assume
Example Sentences
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The updated outlook assumes about 63 million to 68 million more shares outstanding.
If the company maintains its current rapid earnings growth, not just in the next few quarters but beyond the next year or so, the market will assume the AI threat isn’t materializing.
From Barron's
Inflation in the prices of goods, in particular, needs to show sustained improvement before he would consider supporting additional rate cuts, assuming labor market conditions remain stable.
From Barron's
“Let’s assume that talking is safe because, if it isn’t, we can’t do anything. Chip, do you have any paper?”
From Literature
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In the first clip, red liquid — which many assumed was blood — ran down one of the R&B singer’s cheeks like tears as he handed out long-stemmed red roses to people in the audience.
From Los Angeles Times
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