presumedly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumedly
Adverb
  • David Berding/Getty Images The imaginations of everyone in the press room probably ran wild when Homa said this.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • Your fashion sense has probably changed since then.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
Adverb
  • When the dust settled, 21 of the 32 picks in the first round came from the Canadian Hockey League — which will likely lean into its development roots more than ever starting next season, now that its older players have become eligible to move to the NCAA.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The California governor is now in a feud with Trump over the Los Angeles protests against immigration officials, which is likely raising his profile with the public.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Adverb
  • In 2019 and 2020, Telford allegedly filed five false federal tax returns claiming $6.2 million in refunds purportedly owed by the IRS.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
  • Austin chosen as Republic of Texas capital (1839): A wilderness hamlet formerly named Waterloo, planted on a bluff above the Colorado River, Austin made an unlikely site for a national, much less a purportedly imperial capital.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adverb
  • Another possible factor was a series of hurricanes that hit Cuba (its only wintering area) in the 1930s, possibly killing a significant portion of the entire population.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
  • The Rotary is now looking at other fundraising options — possibly shorter ones requiring a few hours of commitment — and hopes the art festival could return in the future.
    Zoey Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Adverb
  • Tonight, the gravity of the occasion—perhaps the biggest reunion in our lifetime—makes the atmosphere combustible.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 July 2025
  • The ink spool could contain traces of the last words Lin or his daughter typed on the machine — meaning perhaps the inventor's own words are in his magical machine too.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
Adverb
  • When did Jeff Bezos buy his houses in Indian Creek Village? In August 2023, Bezos reportedly bought a waterfront estate in 'Billionaire Bunker' for $68 million.
    Jennifer Sangalang, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • Today, Mamdani’s mother is reportedly based in Africa, where his father is a subject specialist academic.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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“Presumedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumedly. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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