DARESAYING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

daresaying

verb

present participle of daresay

as in assuming

to form an opinion from little or no evidence I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all

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Any brand attempting something similar should ask what its equivalent trust signal is—certification, a guarantee, a verifiable specification—before assuming volume of content alone will move a purchase decision.

— Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
However, the leap from these qualities to assuming, hyperbolically, that AI will become a competitor, even a predatory species ready to eliminate us, is a fantastical step too far.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026

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The variation is significant enough that guessing isn’t a great strategy.

— Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
And true enough, one fine day earlier in the summer, when the heat had sat on everything, my father had lain down in the farthest meadow with my beautiful mother and there were no prizes for guessing the result.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

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More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025

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