presume
Example Sentences
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Olivar, who has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent, is set to go to trial on May 19.
From Los Angeles Times
The presumed disappearance of the Maya had no parallel.
People were lying fast asleep, in the corridors, on the landings, and, I presumed, in every room.
From Literature
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he will stay on as “chair pro tem” if his presumed successor Kevin Warsh is not confirmed by mid-May, when Powell’s term expires.
From MarketWatch
Iran’s central bank, one presumes, injected foreign currency into the black market to prop up the rial.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
