assumably

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Adverb
  • Some portion of eligible people are probably discouraged from applying at all, believing the lottery system to be rigged or pointless.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
  • The Chargers’ last game was a playoff loss to Vrabel’s Patriots, so nothing short of an edict from the NFL probably would have stopped the franchise’s social media team from referencing the Vrabel-Russini controversy.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Adverb
  • His party would likely replace him with one of his former allies, though none have yet filed for candidacy.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 May 2026
  • The professionals who will likely remain indispensable—across cybersecurity, AML and software—are those who can operate above the machine, not alongside it.
    Victor Fang, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Adverb
  • And maybe the Democrats would push it through on partisan grounds in a scenario where the Democrats had narrowly managed to win the House even while the Republicans had a significant structural advantage.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Aaron Rodgers — maybe — and the Steelers host the Broncos on Black Friday.
    Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Adverb
  • The Steelers had expected this to be the case perhaps weeks or even months ago, but Rodgers took his methodical, sweet time before committing.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • Dean’s is part of a wave of restaurants—Sailor, Lord’s, Dame—that have pointedly reframed British gastronomy for a New York audience that perhaps believed too readily in the myth of English stodge.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Adverb
  • Valerie, having found her backbone, is ultimately replaced on her sitcom by an AI version of Valerie, which sounds cynical — except that Valerie ends up getting a presumably far better job as the star of Stevens’ new series, Judge’s Table, about a judge who leaves the law to become a chef.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
  • Ainge would be playing the opposite role of his seismic 2017 trade by presumably trading up for Dybantsa in the 2026 draft.
    Scott Phillips, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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“Assumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumably. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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