presumptive

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By requiring more information from users about where they work, Kalshi said it will be able to "identify presumptive insiders… and screen them out before a trade is ever placed".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Anthropic is emerging as the presumptive front-runner in the race for artificial-intelligence supremacy, with faster growth and fundraising that could soon yield a higher valuation than rival OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

One of the oldest laws of parentage is the “marital presumption,” which automatically establishes a birth mother’s husband as the presumptive legal father, even if he is not a biological parent.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Powell, whose term as a governor runs through early 2028, said he would keep a low profile and has no interest in acting as a shadow chair under his presumptive successor, Kevin Warsh.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

In 1790, however, despite the presumptive dreams of a continental empire, the Louisiana Purchase remained in the future and the vast trans-Mississippi region continued under Spanish ownership.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis