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presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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Donald Trump’s jet just flew over Charlotte Motor Speedway, presumably heading to Concord’s airport.
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 26 May 2024
Those who find Lanthimos’s labored eccentricities and cutesy cruelty amusing will presumably like this movie, too.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 24 May 2024
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 26 May 2024
Those who find Lanthimos’s labored eccentricities and cutesy cruelty amusing will presumably like this movie, too.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 24 May 2024
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 29 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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