presuppose

Example Sentences

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The options market also tended to presuppose that the distant future would look more like the present than it usually did.

From Literature

But it also presupposes a grim reality: that some civilian deaths might be proportional.

From New York Times

But for many of us, a final resting place presupposes that one has had a final living place.

From Salon

"Today's announcement does not presuppose or any way suggest the outcome of the investigations into the tragic incident," he said in a statement.

From Reuters

Explaining consciousness with a concept that presupposes consciousness strikes me as circular reasoning—cheating.

From Scientific American