as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
even before a single vote had been cast, media pundits were hypothecating that the former senator would be the party's nominee
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The Kuwaiti military issued a statement saying it was forced to intercept several hostile missile and drone attacks on Monday.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026 -
The federal appeals court overruled their 2020 ban by saying the agency didn’t have the proper authority to make that decision.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Once stakeholders begin assuming that every image, video, or statement could be fabricated, institutional trust weakens across the board.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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And, teams assuming low-code handles anything can end up with fragile systems held together by workarounds.—
Nik Froehlich,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Even more hilariously, 54 percent of Democrats went as far as presuming that even an 8-year-old boy could throw down his lunchbox and get the job done.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Think about more positive interpretations before presuming someone is insulting you.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
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Both were driven by the same mistake of believing the narrative before proving the economics.—
Hebron Sher,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Doctors and health professionals also strongly supported changing the name, believing that the benefits would outweigh the risks.—
Melanie Cree,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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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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“Hypothecating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothecating. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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