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to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
the book presupposes its readers will already know something about the subject
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Recent Examples of presupposed
Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
My question incorrectly presupposed that Kiffin had gotten over it.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presupposed
Adjective
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The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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With 650,000 fans expected to jam the city over the course of the month-long tournament, Burks assumed hundreds of other Kansas City homeowners must surely be doing the same, yes?—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
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But those estimates assumed current policies would remain in place.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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According to dispatch recordings reviewed by The Sacramento Bee, Choudri was arrested after officers were called to the home for an alleged fight between Starostyuk and Choudri’s 17-year-old daughter.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Some viewers took issue with her response, seeing it as an improper handling of alleged misconduct.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Efforts by the Kremlin to encourage more births had fallen flat, Sonin said, because women in Russia did not feel safe and secure, with the low birth rate direct evidence of that and effectively dispelling positive images of the country and war promoted by Russia and state-run media.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Gove said public works crews will be working to clear snow in the coming days.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The proposed four-story, 105-room hotel would be located on four lots immediately north of AJ’s Pizza, on the opposite side of Blackwell Lane, sandwiched between Matson Drive and Village Point.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Its proposed 15% cap, the administration estimated, could save the government $4 billion annually.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The speech invoked a Václav Havel essay about the hollowness of Communist ideology, embodied by the revolutionary slogans in shopkeepers’ windows that nobody actually believed.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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She is believed to have been taken against her will, and officials have released footage of a masked person on her front porch from the night of her disappearance.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Within a month, the school staff became suspicious when a supposed guardian — allegedly Hewitt’s adult roommate — attempted to remove her from school.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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The supposed ransom note, first reported by the celebrity news site TMZ, demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The poll found that Cornyn, Hunt and Paxton all have a lead over Crockett and Talarico in a hypothetical November matchup, but that their leads are within the poll’s margin of error.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the days leading up to the 2021 winter storm, the generator’s value was suddenly no longer hypothetical.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Presupposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presupposed. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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