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as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
it's rather presuming of you to expect to be our first choice for the award
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as in familiar
showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty
I thought it presuming of him to think that we would invite him along
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as in busy
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
some presuming waiter thought that it was his business to tell the expectant mother that she shouldn't be having even one glass of wine
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as in assuming
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I presume you'll fly if you do go
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as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty
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Recent Examples of presuming
CBS News,
19 June 2026
There is an assumption of arrogance, of high expectations, of going into every major tournament presuming their team will win it.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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.
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Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
Think about more positive interpretations before presuming someone is insulting you.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
Later, when Shell expressed appreciation, Cipriani pitched Star Serenade, initially over the phone — presuming the executive would, at the least, boost its chance for an inside track at a green light.
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Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
The risk is in presuming that anything subversive or sensational is also true and meaningful, and that anything conventional is a lie that must be smashed down.
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Laura K. Field,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
The letter was apparently unconvincing, and the search began again, with detectives presuming suicide.
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Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
Crumb defended the work as criticism of those stereotypes, presuming that people familiar with his art would get the point.
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David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
Back home, monks had already begun performing last rite rituals for him, as his devout Buddhist wife and daughter mourned him, presuming him dead.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
There is an assumption of arrogance, of high expectations, of going into every major tournament presuming their team will win it.
—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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
Think about more positive interpretations before presuming someone is insulting you.
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
Later, when Shell expressed appreciation, Cipriani pitched Star Serenade, initially over the phone — presuming the executive would, at the least, boost its chance for an inside track at a green light.
—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
The risk is in presuming that anything subversive or sensational is also true and meaningful, and that anything conventional is a lie that must be smashed down.
—
Laura K. Field,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
The letter was apparently unconvincing, and the search began again, with detectives presuming suicide.
—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
Crumb defended the work as criticism of those stereotypes, presuming that people familiar with his art would get the point.
—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presuming
Adjective
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The passage is incoherent, yet, in conflating progressive reform with arrogant blind faith, it is perfectly suited to Vance’s cynical conservatism.
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To no one’s surprise, Bonnie is immediately transfixed by her Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee, whose arrogant smarm effectively threads the needle between Maya Hawke’s Anxiety and Regina George’s everything else).
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The source familiar with the 2024 fire probe said city inspectors now have questions following this new blaze about how the company handled the recovery from the last incident.
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This is familiar territory for the Panthers under president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Zito.
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The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest energy shipping corridors, has remained a focal point of tensions since fighting erupted between the United States, Israel and Iran earlier this year.
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With the bullpen overworked from a busy week — which featured a doubleheader Wednesday — manager Craig Counsell said Friday wasn’t the time to be aggressive.
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People also tend to confuse fragrance intensity with cleanliness, assuming a strong smell means a deeper clean.
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Investors will take riskier positions, assuming the central bank will save them from their own mistakes.
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Alicent mistakenly believed Viserys was talking about their son Aegon II, saying Aegon II should be on the throne after Viserys dies, which lead to the Dance of the Dragons civil war.
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In days past, saying that communism was a mistake would have earned the artist a one-way ticket to Siberia.
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Sea cows are superior to land cows, Voegtlin suggested, because land cows eat grains, which humans could survive on in a pinch.
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Their relationship is built, to a large degree, around Jerry’s belief that Roberta is the superior critic — but this, for Jerry, is a form of chivalry, the flower of their love story.
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Most smug articles and books that claim to provide quick fixes come off as tone-deaf or even counterproductive.
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But the series’ central character, played by Rachel Weisz, has enough nervous, itchy, manic energy to make the show’s narrative structure feel purposely unstable rather than safely smug.
Adjective
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This may be considered presumptuous considering the tote first appeared on the scene only in 2018, but Mary Kate and Ashley’s creation has already catapulted itself into classic status.
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Nothing at Gwyn is overly presumptuous, though; in fact, the clothing still retains a markedly Cali-cool identity, which is to say it’s rooted in minimalism.
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“Presuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presuming. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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