presumable

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The presumable source of that $700,000 was the alleged income Santos received from the Devolder Organization.

From Slate • May 10, 2023

After they were separated, the presumable competing factions stood facing one another: Rhaenyra, Daemon and the Sea Snake on one side, Alicent and Ser Criston on the other.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2022

The elements of the novel and something of its daffiness are here, though new paths open the way to a presumable second season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Le Maire also warned that Europe would retaliate, presumable with its own raft of tariffs on American imports.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2019

The holder for value of an accommodation bill may enforce it exactly as if it was an ordinary bill, for that is the presumable intention of the parties.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various