PRESUMEDLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

presumedly

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as in probably

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Eddie Hall, probably the UK’s most famous strongman, won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017 and was the first to deadlift 500kg.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
For example, everyone on the boat and probably innocent citizens in Dubrovnik can tell that Kat and Cooper are still an item.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of probably

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Such a result would likely create barriers to Trump's legislative agenda and send a signal about public opinion on the president's policy mix throughout his second presidential term.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
More likely she was hooked by the subliminal stirrings and emotional undertow of the music.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of likely

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And in North Carolina, a police officer was charged with unlawfully accessing computers after allegedly using her department’s license plate reader system to look up the vehicle of her boyfriend’s ex-wife 31 times, including twice while off duty.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
These professors incorporate allegedly responsible uses of GenAI into assignments, such as telling their students to upload course documents into an LLM and asking it to generate potential test questions.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of allegedly

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In July, prosecutors played footage of an interview with Twiggs and presented text messages purportedly sent between the pair.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The 35-year-old man acted wealthy, sending photos and videos of himself purportedly in designer clothes, nice cars and expensive jewelry, the criminal complaint said.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of purportedly

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Bowman should move him before the start of 2026-27, possibly in a deal for a player like Hyry, who would have more utility on Edmonton’s roster.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The slate includes a game in Germany, Spain and France — giving fans more European choices and possibly impacting London demand.

— Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of possibly

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San Francisco must now fight the effects of trying to reset those body clocks back to Pacific Time ahead of the final 16 games, and perhaps that’s Los Angeles’ edge in never changing at all.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
At another point, though, a lady asks -- perhaps a bit too flippantly -- what's so special about Ten House.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of perhaps

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Among the policy shifts reportedly on the table is a windfall tax aimed at banks and oil companies.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Finally, in 2019, Sheeran married his longtime girlfriend, Cherry Seaborn, and the couple bought out the home of another neighbor, who reportedly complained about the compound’s ongoing renovations.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026

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