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presumably

[pri-zoo-muh-blee] / prɪˈzu mə bli /


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In an interview just last month, Rabbi Jack Bemporad recalled “we used to go to Doug’s place,” presumably referring to Coe’s Arlington, Va., home.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Fed officials would typically look through this oil shock because, presumably, when the latest conflict in the Middle East subsides, the inflationary surge will abate as well.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Mike Trout presumably has witnessed every possible blooper, blunder and boo-boo in 16 seasons with the woeful Angels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Would colorblindness in this setting, a setting presumably most favorable for just outcomes, be fair?

From Slate • May 22, 2026

Here was another bizarre fact about CDOs: Often they simply repackaged tranches of other CDOs, presumably those tranches their Wall Street creators had found difficult to sell.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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