presume
Example Sentences
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"We presume we understand them because we focus on elites. But when the evidence is assembled, far more is known about these craftworkers than previously thought."
From Science Daily
The main scam bosses are presumed to have taken their businesses to more remote, less visible parts of Myanmar further south on the border.
From BBC
His Taiwanese friend may have gotten tenants for her rental and, I presume, avoided getting mired in credit-card debt while she was raising her family.
From MarketWatch
Police presumed he had fallen off it in his final moments.
Under the proposal, FinCEN would presume any suspicious-activity report to be “highly useful” if it fell under a set of priorities articulated by the agency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
