presume
Example Sentences
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"If we presume no young men or boys want to read, and we don't give them access to books, then they won't read."
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Right, exactly, and then we start seeing forces moving into the region in greater numbers for what you would presume to be a major strike.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026
She added: “America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
“One can only presume that the pressure of the outcry from borrowers made the administration change its mind,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
How could anyone presume to know the world through the eyes of an insect?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing presume
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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