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You are middle-aged and appear to have substantial assets in the form of real estate and, I presume, significant retirement funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“On this combined firm market share alone, the Court is persuaded that it can presume the proposed merger is likely to violate antitrust laws,” the judge wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

"I can only presume it was probably because their road was cut off because they live out in the countryside."

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Weaver said strangers should not presume to know what goes on in their relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

“Agent Magnus,” asks Lucy, “I presume you’re taking Trainee Peters to the youth dormitories?”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

It presumes states already have adequate initial-attack capacity of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One presumes he’s smart enough not to take anything for granted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Hopefully, it’s not as bad as that worst-case scenario presumes.

From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026

And that presumes the published NAVs represent current reality; most NAVs are as of Dec. 31, and much has happened since then.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

“Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK. A girl of ten, you say, and she presumes to scold her lawful king.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

A third U.S. service member in Jordan is missing and presumed dead, and a fourth was killed during the detonation of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq on Saturday.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Many more are waiting for the remains of loved ones who are presumed dead.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

He declined to say who was the presumed target of the blast, but several sources have said it was Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, who is a permanent resident of Monaco and has acquired Cypriot nationality.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Many of the items, because of their ties to Jewish athletes and teams, were hidden during the war and presumed lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

He said, “Excuse me. I presumed; I accept what presumption has earned me.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Greenspan, who retired just before disaster struck, acknowledged to Congress in late 2008 that he had "made a mistake" in presuming companies were best positioned to protect themselves and their shareholders without government oversight.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

By the end of this year, Anthropic could owe xAI as much as $10 billion, or more than xAI has generated since it was formed, presuming a May payment is included.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

Their case had been scuppered by the so-called "30 second rule", a false conclusion adopted by the court presuming that every person who was killed in the disaster had been unconscious within 30 seconds.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026

When he pictured his wife having to make such plans, presuming him to be dead, his heart raged.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers