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surmised

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verb

past tense of surmise

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Recent Examples of surmised
Verb
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 In that light, Judge Rovner surmised that in some cases a job is just a job. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026 Darryn Peterson walked down an aisle at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, a camera following his every step, when the national broadcast surmised that he must be ticked. Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 But everyone has surmised all that information came out of her relationship with Vrabel. Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 Patience tends to be a virtue with Fukada’s cinema, and it’s certainly required upfront, as the film takes its time in unraveling key connections between characters, while the nature of certain relationships must be surmised through cues of expression and body language. Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 May 2026 Indeed, the writers surmised that the rocket engineer was so clearly the USSR's MVP that — had Korolev survived the botched medical procedure that killed him — the Soviet space program would have continued to outpace its American counterpart. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 May 2026 State economists have surmised over the past year that the rise in unemployment is less about people losing their jobs and more about those entering or reentering the labor market needing more time to find work. Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026 This could be surmised as experimental evidence for the physical mechanism of the materials. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmised
Adjective
  • While Craig will be the assumed starter, typically Dykes has at least tried to have a quarterback battle, with redshirt freshman Adam Schobel being Craig’s primary competition to watch.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Witnessing violence has, unfortunately, become an assumed risk when logging onto the internet.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Who would have guessed that Butch—Butch—could inspire such feelings in anyone, let alone the man who had spent 23 years waiting for his brother to leave.
    Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Who could’ve guessed that a modest, half-hour drama filled with poop gags and 10 inches of prosthetic man meat would be the show to revitalize the fandom’s faith in Game of Thrones?
    Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The first in the state of Idaho, previously not thought to be within the mosquito’s territory, was discovered in August.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The latest sugar isn't essential for life, but can easily convert to a form that's thought to be crucial to kick-starting life on Earth.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Adjective
  • The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • To scroll the internet during the Swift-Kelce nuptials was to see a barrage of people lamenting the city’s electricity bill, misspent taxpayer dollars, and the alleged tackiness of a private, sure, but very much not secret affair.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The minister did not say how many cases were suspected in Haut-Uele.
    Jean-Yves Kamale, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • On Tuesday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration was implementing measures to publicly identify the specific buildings suspected as being sources of Legionella bacteria and require owners to clean cooling towers quickly.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • This one seems to wrap all the way around the entirety of his head, emitting light that’s supposed to be beneficial for his scalp and hair growth.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 July 2026
  • And then have a bed behind it, and it’s supposed to have rapid fast charging, like a really expensive EV.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026

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“Surmised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmised. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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