as in guessed
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all
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Readers will have guessed, for instance, that Sam is gay long before anyone in the book does.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Tolbert had broken for second on Zerpa’s move and guessed wrong.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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As a reluctant child of the Ain’t it Cool News era, the Drafthouse had long assumed some kind of legendary status in my mind.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Investors have assumed that geopolitical tensions will eventually fade and markets will rebound.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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This Amazon mission was originally supposed to be the first on a Vulcan rocket.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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In Denmark, the royal wedding features a traditional waltz that’s supposed to take place before midnight.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tammy Machado is suspected of mortgage fraud and two counts of willfully making a false return under penalty of perjury.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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For most of the season, Hannah and Owen have suspected that Quinn, who runs a financial firm stateside, is the real brains to the Campano organization, not Teddy.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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The rest was presumed to be absorbed by fuel wholesalers or distributors who pay the gas tax to the federal government.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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As in every case, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Ford station wagon thought to belong to the family was found in 2024 by Archer Mayo, a diver who had been looking for it for several years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The hackers, thought to be working on behalf of the DPRK, approached Drift team members at a cryptocurrency conference in late 2025 and pretended to be from a trading firm looking to build on the blockchain protocol.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Daresaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daresaid. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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