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assumed
adjective as in pretended
adjective as in expected
Example Sentences
Part thriller, part true crime investigation, the nonfiction book uses one of the most heinous unsolved crimes of the Troubles — the 1972 disappearance of Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10 who was abducted from her Belfast home by intruders assumed to be members of the Irish Republican Army — to explore the lingering trauma of political violence on survivors and perpetrators alike.
“I assumed there would be more wraparound care, knowing she had depression with her first. But no extra support or care was offered”, Faye said.
The budget for the Home Office is set to shrink by 3.3% next year in real terms, with the bulk of this coming from assumed savings on asylum support.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the virus is more widespread in dairy workers than had previously been assumed.
Most have changed their physical appearance and assumed fictitious identities, all the way down to new driver’s licenses.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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