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supposed

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verb

past tense of suppose
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses

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Recent Examples of supposed
Adjective
As Premier League spending ballooned over the £3billion mark — more than the other four main European domestic leagues combined — PSR and its supposed influence remained a constant in the background, a grim reaper bearing a calculator rather than a scythe. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025 None of these things are the least bit ahistorical, and all of them have been made incalculably worse by a world that seeks to seal its crimes in a bubble — to disguise its worst sins behind a supposed lack of precedent. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
It’s supposed to prevent dry eyes. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 It’s supposed to be a fun and inclusive movie experience. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supposed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposed
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday estimated that a shutdown could furlough roughly 750,000 federal workers each day, depriving them of about $400 million in wages daily.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimated Tuesday that the current shutdown would lead to about 750,000 employees being furloughed.
    Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The relative then spied a dead dog on an interstate nearby, and assumed the canine was Randy since both dogs had the same shading.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Scientists have long assumed that dark energy is a constant, unchanging entity.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • About 20 living hostages remain captive in desperate conditions, Israeli officials say, and about 25 more are believed to have died, but their bodies have not been returned to their families.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An Elanco spokesperson said the company will add public amenities next to the headquarters that neighbors can enjoy, such as a waterfront trail.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Going forward, the chain may need to hire a police detail to traffic control, the chief said.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Foreclosure would become nonviable as a means of tax collection — with no readily apparent alternative means for timely collection of the delinquent revenue.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Remember, magnitude is the scale used by astronomers to chart the apparent brightness of an object in the night sky.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Henry’s two fourth-quarter fumbles figured prominently in two losses.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In these stories, death is often figured as an interruption, an unexpected event that occurs when characters are busy doing other things.
    Molly Ryder Granatino, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There was a camp nearby and Bob guessed that its occupants were trout fishermen.
    Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The internet being the internet, however, some fans had correctly guessed this twist was coming after sharing Harcourt’s observation about the population’s whiteness — matched with the fact that on the main Earth, Auggie was a virulent white supremacist known as the White Dragon.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Supposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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