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Beyond that, the question seems to presume that the team would favour Leclerc emotionally.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

I won’t presume to answer that; probably not much.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said the combination of the two film studios’ market share of theatrical movies has persuaded the court “that it can presume the proposed merger is likely to violate antitrust laws.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

You are middle-aged and appear to have substantial assets in the form of real estate and, I presume, significant retirement funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Don’t dare presume there’s shame in the lot of a woman who carries on.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The city’s fiscal 2026-27 budget already presumes the ticket price increase will go into effect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Hopefully, it’s not as bad as that worst-case scenario presumes.

From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026

Iran’s central bank, one presumes, injected foreign currency into the black market to prop up the rial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

And that presumes the published NAVs represent current reality; most NAVs are as of Dec. 31, and much has happened since then.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

In the same sense that our judicial system presumes us to be innocent until proved guilty, a medical-care system may work best if it starts with the presumption that most people are healthy.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

His lawyer said the ex-champion "need not prove one thing" and that he is "presumed innocent".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Rather than relying only on the size, anatomy or presumed hunting abilities of extinct animals, researchers can use the marks left on bones to identify signs of actual feeding or attacks.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Authorities are attempting to make contact with 14 people whom they have failed to reach by cell phone but are not yet presumed missing, Sheriff John Nowels told a press conference Monday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Anyone mentioned anywhere following the blast is presumed to have survived it, and perhaps lived through it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

This is more difficult than generally presumed, particularly after a person has been dead for several days.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Greenspan, who retired just before disaster struck, acknowledged to Congress in late 2008 that he had "made a mistake" in presuming companies were best positioned to protect themselves and their shareholders without government oversight.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

By the end of this year, Anthropic could owe xAI as much as $10 billion, or more than xAI has generated since it was formed, presuming a May payment is included.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

Rasmussen said he left the meeting with Vance and Rubio presuming the Trump administration understood the island wouldn’t become part of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Humans are constantly revising their assessments of other beings’ intelligence while arrogantly presuming our superior sentience, with the world’s billionaires placing themselves above everyone else.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025

Usually I'd be put off by a friend of Ollie's presuming to know anything about Bas, but Willem's face is too earnest not to like.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse