presumptive
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Along with this “absolute immunity,” the justices also granted “at least presumptive immunity” for other official acts.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
In January, he transferred to Oregon—where he’d plan to spend the season sitting on the bench behind Moore, a presumptive top-five pick in the NFL draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Many considered Winkleman, 54, to be chat show emperor Graham Norton's presumptive successor - not least because he seemed to be ushering her through himself.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
And this touches me, somehow, even more than the presumptive lie about his assets: that this place he has described as so morbidly dysfunctional could amount to a real and compelling human community.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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