presume
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“When first responders arrived, there were two people hanging from the apartment window and three on the ground, one of which I presume was Mr. Jackson,” White said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Your cousin, I presume, has some Social Security, however modest.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
I’m going to presume we get it done on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Beyond that, the question seems to presume that the team would favour Leclerc emotionally.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Dothraki rags. Do you presume to dress me now?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
It presumes states already have adequate initial-attack capacity of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
One presumes he’s smart enough not to take anything for granted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Hopefully, it’s not as bad as that worst-case scenario presumes.
From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026
That she presumes such ineptitude and desperation among her legions of users does not bode well.
From Slate ● May 10, 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
The engineer title evokes a sense of precision, control and certainty of outcomes that marketing for decades has been presumed to lack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
As the search continued for the 86 people presumed missing, coast guard, military personnel and local responders were working to tamp down the thick smoke billowing from the ferry.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
This move is reliant on the presumed authenticity of these new spaces.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
His lawyer said the ex-champion "need not prove one thing" and that he is "presumed innocent".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He wrote with a tone of familiarity that presumed Trude would consider him a peer.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
When asked who will fill the role in the tour match, England assistant coach Trescothick told BBC Sport: "I'm presuming the same sort of number three we've had for a period of time."
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
“Of course, courage only counts when you can count. I’m presuming the rest of you can count, and will be screwing your courage to the sticking place any minute now.”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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