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presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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And Lamar will presumably come back with his own full track sometime soon.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
This case is unique on a number of fronts:
Jane Doe secretly recorded her doctor in a private room, presumably by surreptitiously placing the camera somewhere in the room as the recording captures the doctor's movements from behind.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
This case is unique on a number of fronts:
Jane Doe secretly recorded her doctor in a private room, presumably by surreptitiously placing the camera somewhere in the room as the recording captures the doctor's movements from behind.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for presumably
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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presumably
adverb
pre·sum·ably
pri-ˈzü-mə-blē 
: one would presume : it seems likely : probably
presumably he'll come later
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