suppositious

Definition of suppositiousnext

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Adjective
  • Though the top judge later clarified that his remarks related only to individuals with spurious degrees and not India’s youth in general, the remarks kicked up a social media storm—which fueled thousands of sign-ups on CJP’s website, taking even Dipke by surprise.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 May 2026
  • But further examples of spurious medical grounds being raised led to him not racing that year at the RAC Tourist Trophy in Dundrod, Northern Ireland, and the 1956 Italian Grand Prix.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • But this year, the bond between the boys had just been unreal.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Washington is waking up to what still feels to those of us who are in attendance or even those watching on live television to be an unreal experience.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The audience gets glimmers of Katie and Greg’s relationship, but the show is bogged down by dull characters like the policeman who seems to have it out for Greg, and even by its focus on Archie’s point of view, which is just a depiction of narcissism and a formulaic pseudo-midlife crisis.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
  • These currencies are an integral part of cybercrime operations, as they are poorly understood and are often pseudo-anonymous, says Kristina Amerhauser, a senior analyst from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • An audit of millions of biomedical papers found more than 4,000 citations to bogus studies, the researchers said in a recent article published in The Lancet.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • That aspect is fed by the principal setting of a carnival in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris in 1928, full of bizarre sideshow acts selling bogus spectacle.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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