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as in to assume
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I presume you'll fly if you do go
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as in to say
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty
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Recent Examples of presume
But the document also made clear, as every criminal case must, that the charges were accusations and that the defendant was presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The solution is not to presume that more easily scalable digital tools will magically solve these problems, but to improve the performance of teachers in the classroom.
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Mike Goldstein,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2026
The American Dream once presumed a steady, patient faith in merit and hard work.
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Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Under the current law, judges must presume mental illness was a factor if a defendant with a legitimate diagnosis seeks diversion.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The solution is not to presume that more easily scalable digital tools will magically solve these problems, but to improve the performance of teachers in the classroom.
—
Mike Goldstein,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2026
The American Dream once presumed a steady, patient faith in merit and hard work.
—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Under the current law, judges must presume mental illness was a factor if a defendant with a legitimate diagnosis seeks diversion.
—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for presume
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Sweden loses key piece The first half was a sloppy slugfest as both teams tried to use their physicality to assume control.
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John Murphy, president and chief financial officer, will assume the responsibilities in the interim, according to an announcement.
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DeKalb County's housing chief, Alan Ferguson, said this is an example of an affordable senior apartment project.
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The point of the Top 10 lists, Chandrasekaran said, is to steer young adults to employers that are actively hiring recent graduates into jobs that can seed meaningful careers.
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Peter, Anton and Marian Stastny, Quebec Nordiques, 1980-89 Even someone who barely knows a puck from a duck could guess Wayne Gretzky led the NHL in scoring for the 1980s.
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Competitive Wordle Score The Wordle Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating me.
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But Nouel believes these video trends and online and in-person forums for women are helping to change that.
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Police said, according to WBNS, that there was a history of domestic violence in the relationship, and it is believed to be the cause of Creech's death.
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There’s supposed to be a different cut of the film that shows Sarah’s face being smashed in by Nikki in the movie’s most shocking moment.
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The recent military action tested an initial agreement that was supposed to halt hostilities during 60 days of negotiations.
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Authors think humans might just be able to leverage a few tools at our disposal to change the course of huge weather events.
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But in thinking about all these different groups, Krieger said a battery storage system may be a type of technology that everyone can get behind.
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At the time of the arrest, police seized more than $200,000 worth of drugs, including Ecstasy, LSD, and what police suspected was ketamine.
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House Bill 945 establishes new regulations for cryptocurrency kiosks and allows financial institutions to place temporary holds on transactions when elder financial exploitation is suspected.
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“Presume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presume. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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