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surmised

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verb

past tense of surmise

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Recent Examples of surmised
Verb
Pape surmised a major reason the players push through the pain is to not disappoint Theis. Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2026 The researchers surmised that the diets people ate in countries like Italy, Greece and Croatia had a protective effect on their hearts. Adam Cohen, Oklahoman, 25 Aug. 2026 One person surmised that Patrick Mahomes also has an unlimited amount of his favorite condiment. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026 Despite the middling score in the economic category, WalletHub’s analysis surmised that Fremont’s happiness is bolstered by its high share (nearly 80%) of households with an income above $75,000. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 One rival executive who has spoken with Preller recently surmised that the initial ask would be at least two top-100 prospects. Dennis Lin, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Authorities surmised that the robbers most likely broke the diamond down into smaller pieces and sold it on the black market. Moises Mendez Ii, InStyle, 22 July 2026 The memo, the blog surmised, gave reservation agents the flexibility to accommodate customers who no longer wanted to fly into the South Florida airport. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 The group’s letter surmised that blanket applications of tariffs across the 60 economies in question would fail to comply with Section 301’s statutory framework, which calls for economy-specific analysis. Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmised
Adjective
  • Shortly after Hollander was identified as the assumed killer, the rest of his car was searched and police started to suspect him in another murder case with similar details.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In most cases, the entitlement is not fully restored until the assumed loan is paid off, refinanced or otherwise satisfied.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Who could have guessed that football genius Sean McVay would be so badly outplanned, so badly outcoached, and so unimaginably wrong on the game’s transformative play?
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Kuper even guessed Mannion could game plan and call a game just for rushing.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This is thought to happen because the social transmission of stories acts like evolution.
    Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Still, some former security officials thought that the claims warranted a serious investigation.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The other alleged items on the pool table were a black duffel bag, a black MuTec brand metal safe, and a red Savior brand range-style bag.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Blast also published documents detailing the alleged transfer of an additional fifty million dollars to Netanyahu in 2018.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The case is being investigated by ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the branch that investigates misconduct involving ICE employees as well as people suspected of falsely representing themselves as agency personnel.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • While this feedback has often been attributed with ending star formation in galaxies, scientists have long suspected that this process can also drive star formation and therefore the growth and evolution of galaxies.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While Gemini was never supposed to access the broader internet, a bug in the testing environment made internet access available.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Irregular was not supposed to allow the model to operate outside its servers, but due to a misconfiguration, Gemini was able to access the Internet.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Surmised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmised. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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