as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
in that climate of fear, an accusation alone was presumptive evidence of guilt
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Recent Examples of presumptive
Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is deemed by many NFL scouts as the presumptive favorite to go number one overall during the 2025 NFL Draft.
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Germany’s presumptive next chancellor could be weak from the start, for all sorts of reasons.
—Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Happy ending Given the alignment of symptoms and the raw seafood and salads eaten in Hawaii, the doctors gave a presumptive diagnosis of central nervous system angiostrongyliasis.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
Mischa Barton played Marissa, who had a steamy romance with presumptive bad boy Ryan Atwood.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Germany’s presumptive next chancellor could be weak from the start, for all sorts of reasons.
—Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Happy ending Given the alignment of symptoms and the raw seafood and salads eaten in Hawaii, the doctors gave a presumptive diagnosis of central nervous system angiostrongyliasis.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
Mischa Barton played Marissa, who had a steamy romance with presumptive bad boy Ryan Atwood.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumptive
Adjective
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But what happened on the first floor of the McCormick Place West Convention Center in downtown Chicago was hardly plausible.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Uttering them gives Santos plausible deniability, but Raposo still doesn’t buy it.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Using the deployment of U.S. forces as leverage in trade negotiations could lead close allies to perceive U.S. commitments as less credible, Nam added.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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Two main issues are conveyed: No credible debt management approach exists.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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The Leafs were always more probable than not to lose this series and the odds now are greatly stacked against them.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Without human oversight, brand language may drift toward the generic, the probable, and the forgettable.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Presumptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumptive. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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