presuming

Example Sentences

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He added that journalists were "presuming I had something I didn't have", but said "I had something far more serious."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

And that’s presuming you do make it to the Taj Mahal.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

But investors are already presuming a lot of success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

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

Baird was thinking about the question of whether Reggie— presuming he was, in fact texting—should have known his behavior was reckless.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel