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past tense of assume
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Recent Examples of assumed
Adjective
And don’t depend on assumed similarities among your team members, says Dunn. Liz Kislik, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Each company cited an assumed expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, established as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2020 and later extended through 2025, as part of its calculations. Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2025
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Pan, who has a Master's in computer science, assumed the worst-case scenario. Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 The agency announced in March that private equity firm Coral Tree Partners had assumed a minority stake, at that time rebranding all departments under the name Innovative Artists Entertainment. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for assumed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assumed
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • From frequent relocations to a carousel of careers (culminating in a stint in Hot Springs), his choices left indelible marks on those closest to him, including strained relationships and tangled finances.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In other instances, the lyrics feel a bit strained.
    Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The community has raised more than $400,000 so far — about $100,000 short of their goal — with donations still being accepted to support Nichols’s ongoing care and recovery.
    Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • For the counts on which she was convicted, jurors essentially accepted the actions depicted in that reenactment, accounting for the first two felony charges.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An Elanco spokesperson said the company will add public amenities next to the headquarters that neighbors can enjoy, such as a waterfront trail.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Going forward, the chain may need to hire a police detail to traffic control, the chief said.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The internet being the internet, however, some fans had correctly guessed this twist was coming after sharing Harcourt’s observation about the population’s whiteness — matched with the fact that on the main Earth, Auggie was a virulent white supremacist known as the White Dragon.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Oscars host told Matt James that McNearney had guessed who the final three contestants would be on James' season of The Bachelor, and her picks were pretty close.
    Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • True desires were revealed during the blackout, as Chuck pretended to be Blair's British boyfriend, Marcus.
    Emily Exton, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their dog were killed at their house on June 14 by a gunman who pretended to be law enforcement, according to authorities.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Leakey employed Goodall as a secretary and sent her to study primate behavior in London in 1958.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This receptiveness led to Ockenfels’ favorite pictures from their partnership — inspired by the facial distortions in the paintings of Francis Bacon — in which bendings of glass were employed to warp Bowie’s likeness.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In October 2023, Kristil went to police with a detailed spreadsheet documenting every interaction with her apparent stalker.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Nowhere is this more apparent than one of the first kisses shared between Patrick (Jonathan Groff), a privileged white video game designer, and Richie (Raúl Castillo), the Mexican club doorman hopelessly in love with him.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025

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“Assumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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