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“I think it’s safe to assume more families will activate their accounts because of SSA’s outreach,” one expert says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I think some people out there assume that a SpaceX and Tesla merger is a certainty, and I think that would be overstating it,” Musk said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The findings suggest that maintaining physical independence with age may require much less exercise than many people assume.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Skeptics assume interest rates could only slow AI companies by raising their cost of borrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“The good fairy queens consulted with the king and my father, then disappeared with the child. No one has seen her since. We assume she’s being protected from Malevolent, hidden away from spindles and curses.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Deutsche Bank assumes the deal closes in 2027 and raises its FY 2027 core net profit estimate by 15%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The model assumes that the bird needs the current climate set-up that exists in alpine meadows in the future too, a reasonable but not certain assumption.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

He assumes that, these days, the public goes to see movies or plays, watches television, or reads books either to avoid this dismal reality or absolve themselves from it.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Taylor & Byrne is new, all glass and light; Cathcarts is dark wood and padded chairs; one assumes that earlier teams have occupied the space going back a century or more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

This is the fact that heptachlor, after a short period in the tissues of animals or plants or in the soil, assumes a considerably more toxic form known as heptachlor epoxide.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Trevarthen said that some children had previously assumed all astronauts were American, but learning about a British astronaut had helped them see that such ambitions were possible.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Bisignano assumed the top seat at the SSA a few months later, in May 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Because I assumed that’s what he did all day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“So I just kind of assumed it would be more guys than girls.”

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

She assumed that her parents had brought her, but she could not actually picture them at Swanburne.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

It’s also close to where I live so that’s convenient and, assuming they’re open, you can go have a drink or food at Musso and Frank after, which is perfect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

British Athletics doctors ran tests that gave no answers, so she carried on, assuming it was lingering glandular fever that would eventually pass.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

A deal could come together soon, the people said, assuming talks don’t fall apart or another suitor doesn’t emerge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Rather than assuming that one diagnosis corresponds to one underlying pattern of brain activity, the findings suggest that depression can involve markedly different biological changes, sometimes even in opposite directions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

On the question of assuming the state debts, Madison's opposition struck Hamilton as even more illogical and blatantly sinister.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis