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Recent Examples of presumption The law also sets up a new legal presumption that the evaluator's opinion is correct. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025 And helping Kyiv get these systems will necessitate that NATO change its presumptions and priorities. Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025 While the presumption was always that Messi would renew with the Herons, the news quells any lingering anxiety. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Without an indictment, and the evidence supporting it, we're left with little more than presumptions. Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for presumption
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Noun
  • The gall to say that I'm washed?
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Much of this momentum traces back to China’s DeepSeek, whose lean, low-cost models upended industry assumptions at the beginning of this year and kicked off a race to make AI smaller, faster, and smarter.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Many of our technologies are built on the not-unreasonable assumption that openness is good, and that more common knowledge is better.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those nerves showed themselves in the first period, as penalty trouble led to two goals from the elite Tampa Bay Lightning power play.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The actress was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a central nervous system condition that damages nerves, affecting the electrical signals in the brain, in 2018.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Still, Patel warns Gen Z that confidence can quickly morph into arrogance.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Schmitt suffers a nervous breakdown after his arrogance (and Webber’s long leash on the residency program) leads to him killing a podcaster on the operating table and these two break up again.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Chiefs are back, just as quickly as they were dismissed, and that’s in more than ways than post-game one-liners exuding some confidence after a convincing 30-17 win against the red-hot Lions.
    Sam McDowell October 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 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
  • With Iran now rejecting new negotiations without firm assurances on sanctions relief and security guarantees, both sides appear locked in a cycle of escalation that threatens to deepen the regional crisis.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But some neighbors dismissed the assurances.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • It will be measured in the vigor of his curiosity, the depth of his attention, and the audacity of his explorations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Presumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumption. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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