supposing

present participle of suppose
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as in estimating
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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Verb
  • Every company should have a contingency plan estimating the cost and operational impact of remedies like unbundling services or forced data sharing.
    Kevan Yalowitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The center's aurora dashboard has an animation estimating what aurora visibility will be like for the next 30 minutes.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Free as a Bird albums — with Davies assuming the lead vocals and songwriting by himself.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Creating truly inclusive environments means understanding and addressing these disparities, not assuming one-size-fits-all solutions will work.
    Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He is known as a good, low-maintenance type and someone who spends time thinking about his own game.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Homicidal ideation involves thinking about or considering harming or killing other people.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani offered a different interpretation of the ongoing dilemma, saying that jury nullification is a real possibility, especially when politics is involved.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Commission was swayed by Clattenburg’s expertise, saying that his view of the incidents was of greater import than Jackson’s.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, figuring this out is necessary to balance human realities with ethical leadership.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Companies ‘don’t feel like figuring it out’ There are several reasons that companies may be reluctant to relax their hours and location requirements, Fike says.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The most recent edition of Deloitte’s Football Money League, which ranks clubs worldwide by revenue, had six English clubs (no prizes for guessing which) in the top 10.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Knowing the kinds of shenanigans these three get into, guessing yes to both would probably be the smart move.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Wade was not wearing a PFD, one of the details about their son’s disappearance that Wade’s parents had a hard time believing.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Aeneid has a special relevance for the United States, a country founded by immigrants who fled from earlier homelands, often believing that divine providence justified their claim on a land already inhabited by many distinct groups of indigenous peoples.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Authorities are now presuming Emmanuel is dead, according to officials.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The value is not in substituting one expert for another, or in outsourcing fully to the machine, or indeed in presuming the human expertise will always be superior, but in leveraging human and rapidly-evolving machine capabilities to achieve best results.
    David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Supposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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