- present tense form of assume (3rd person singular).
assumes
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Analyst Daniel Roden now assumes Deep Yellow proceeds with Tumas in June 2027, with first ore produced in October 2029.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The analysis assumes that current property-tax rates continue, and uses current home values.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The model assumes that the bird needs the current climate set-up that exists in alpine meadows in the future too, a reasonable but not certain assumption.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He assumes that, these days, the public goes to see movies or plays, watches television, or reads books either to avoid this dismal reality or absolve themselves from it.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Cook presses her lips together in disapproval, but Izzi assumes a wheedling tone.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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