presumption
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But that presumption depends upon the supporting cast: the boys of summer that might never play come fall but must play well enough so that the stars can play postseason ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
“He’s changed the presumption to they’ll raise rates unless the data suggests it’s not necessary,” said Kohn, whose reading was shared by others at the Kansas City Fed’s annual symposium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The "presumption" will be that offenders are tagged and will face longer periods of supervision and tough new rules including "restriction zones", Burnham said.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The presumption of regularity creates a high bar for those suing the government or defending themselves against it in criminal cases.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The presumption has been, either that thinking comes naturally, or that the required intellectual tools for thinking about natural science had all been developed by the ancient Greeks.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
So it's perhaps no surprise that now he appears to have at least an outside chance of making a fist of it, he is not making any presumptions.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Viewed positively, what the American revolution did was to give the common man a voice, a veto, elbow room and a refuge from the rampaging presumptions of his ‘betters.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
With this first season, Hawley has given us an excellent tale about colonization that covers space, Earth, and body sovereignty, cautioning against presumptions of superiority.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
“It’s problematic in terms of just continuing to add rebuttable presumptions to workers’ comp law when you don’t really need it and Cal/OSHA is already moving to address the problem.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
I had discarded my presumptions that graduates automatically became leaders and that my connection to the Thembu royal house guaranteed me respect.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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