presumptive
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Anthropic is emerging as the presumptive front-runner in the race for AI supremacy, with faster growth and fundraising that could soon yield a higher valuation than rival OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
British Columbia health officer Bonnie Henry said the person's test came back as a presumptive positive on Friday, meaning that it still remains to be confirmed by a national microbiology lab.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
One of the oldest laws of parentage is the “marital presumption,” which automatically establishes a birth mother’s husband as the presumptive legal father, even if he is not a biological parent.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
He leads the field, with presumptive nominees Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor, at 17%, and current Fed governor Christopher Waller at 15%.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
Some clusters have their galaxies arranged in an unambiguously spherical geometry; they are composed chiefly of ellipticals, often dominated by one giant elliptical, the presumptive galactic cannibal.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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