BELIEVES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

believes

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present tense third-person singular of believe

as in accepts

to regard as right or true only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal

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to have as an opinion despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"

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Recent Examples of believes Based on that, Cook believes the developer still wants to proceed with the data center, despite public resistance and water access hurdles. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026 Mitchell believes this upcoming season will be fun, too, after the Heat’s offseason addition of Antetokounmpo. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 Crump also said the family believes messages from social media apps had been deleted from Wells’s phone before it was returned and plans to hire forensic experts to recover any missing data. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2026 Everyone believes in the flood, but nobody believes their house is in the floodplain. — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Today’s systems already assist programmers and security researchers, but Powar believes their role is changing rapidly. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026 Ubel believes having multiple Mass options is about inclusion rather than division. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 He is driven, uncompromising, and firmly believes that his job is to document reality, not interfere with it. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026 Hauser believes the landscape played an enormous role in the show's success. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

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Under such a policy, if someone loses a job and accepts work at lower pay, wage insurance would aim to temporarily fill some of the gap.

— Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Procurement accepts the lower bid because the budget won't accommodate the higher one.

— Joel Carboni, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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But Smith thinks that the export control used against Anthropic has been misread as an effort to cut off foreign users specifically, when the government’s intent was to deprive everyone of access.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Along the way, Cleo discovers that the monsters’ aren’t as monstrous as most everyone thinks.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 9 July 2026

Definition of thinks

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But Silverman pledged that at least 30% of the new housing would be preserved for at least 40 years at rental rates the state considers affordable.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
The former Cathedral High School building in Uptown, which the city considers to be neglected and derelict, has a new owner.

— Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 9 July 2026

Definition of considers

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Players each have 30 seconds on a personal clock, so whoever takes the longest and runs out of time first — sometimes because Jacquis calls for detailed clarifications — gets booted.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Here, The Athletic takes a look at some of the youngsters who will be hoping to make a positive impression.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of takes

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The book, by co-creator Joel Sinensky, who is also Jewish, imagines what might happen if a progressive theater company adapted Frank’s life story with that question in mind.

— Frank DiGiacomo, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

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