presumptuous
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Really, what drives fans nuts is L.A.’s oligarch-style hoarding: its presumptuous seizing of what everyone needs, even when they don’t need it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Jonathan Paquin, a political science professor at Canada's Universite Laval, told AFP: "The American administration was undoubtedly presumptuous in believing it held all the cards."
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
Speaking on Sky Italia, the former Juventus, AC Milan and England coach said Guardiola was "way too arrogant and presumptuous" because he wanted to prove City were winning matches through his tactics.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
I don’t think he was that presumptuous when he was in court.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024
Their eyes were politely surprised, to show that they were not presumptuous, that they had not expected money.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Great Gatsby
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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