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Recent Examples of presumption For similar cases, the question is about the balance between legal executive authority and the 10th Amendment’s presumption of local control over policing. Joel Day, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 Rich asserted that the presumption of heterosexuality/attraction to men for all women itself must be named as an oppressive force and political institution. Quispe López, Them., 27 Aug. 2025 This has literally been the opposite of the presumption of innocence. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025 She is not bound to her past or your societal presumption and/or expectations. Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for presumption
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Noun
  • Two interesting examples of insects that need goldenrods are the goldenrod gall fly and the goldenrod gall moth.
    Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This crisis has shown us which world leaders will not only consent to this genocide, but brutally discipline their populations for having the gall to question it.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her existence in the vibrant capital city of Sepphoris brings into questions some of our traditional assumptions of Mary as an impoverished illiterate from a backwater rural village with no exposure to Greco-Roman culture.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • To interrogate our own assumptions, to stay open when experience, dialogue, or suffering presses against us — that is philosophy at its deepest.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The volume and nature of the meows immediately struck a nerve with viewers, who recognized the sound of separation anxiety and loneliness.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This drug blocks those signals, so the nerves have a better chance to regrow.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The series follows the fictional Holliday, a former star whose arrogance burned every bridge.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Blenkin told Variety in September 2025 that his character's laughter comes from arrogance.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those early rejections didn’t destroy their confidence.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Back in June, Naughton posted a bikini pic, and the caption reflected her growing confidence along her weight-loss journey.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Optimistic Miami Dolphins fans — assuming there are any left right now; forgive the presumptuousness — could find a way to be (relatively) encouraged coming out of Thursday night’s game.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But some neighbors dismissed the assurances.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Trump also gave Wall Street some assurance that the administration would give Nvidia licenses to offer its H20 AI chip in China – a crucial market for the company.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Way more than a poor kid from GA would ever have the audacity to imagine.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Way more than a poor kid from Georgia would ever have the audacity to imagine.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Presumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumption. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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