presuppose
Example Sentences
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"I think that's the main thing. That doesn't presuppose the outcome of the negotiation," Carney added.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
"Today's announcement does not presuppose or any way suggest the outcome of the investigations into the tragic incident," he said in a statement.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023
I can't presuppose that these medical advancements wouldn't have happened.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2023
In his work on the foundations of arithmetic, Frege noted that numbers are unique in that they presuppose a way of describing the stuff they quantify.
From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2023
Again, all special studies presuppose certain fundamental types of things.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Vocabulary lists containing presuppose
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: pre-
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