DARESAYS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

daresays

verb

present tense third-person singular of daresay

as in assumes

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

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The overbuild risk The market may already have overbuilt relative to the payback window that data center financing assumes.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Maybe The Mob assumes that someone tuning in to this show is also a loyal viewer of all other reality shows and are aware of whatever drama Demi and Harry are carrying into this setting.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of assumes

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Logan Wright, the author of Broken China, guesses that growth is now running at no more than 1% — and may even be zero.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The system consists of a predictive algorithm that guesses how a robot is broken, along with robotic manipulators that actually take the broken robot apart.

— Kohava Mendelsohn, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of guesses

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Regarding the principal of the investment from the sale of Porter Memorial Hospital, Gulley thinks the Porter County Foundation Board, made up of the 10 members of the Board of Commissioners and the County Council, has managed it well.

— Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Those features can create confidence before someone even thinks to check who operates the business.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of thinks

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For example, the law presumes that coordination is taking place if a candidate’s family member is running an independent expenditure committee supporting that same candidate.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
The decree, which must be converted to law by parliament within 60 days, also automatically presumes that anyone over age 14 is capable of understanding their own actions, unless proven otherwise.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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