presumptively
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“Workplace requirements and selection procedures—such as background checks, aptitude tests, knowledge-based tests, SAT scores, high-school graduation requirements, or blind auditions—are presumptively job-related.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Philadelphia National Bank External link, which said that mergers between rivals that create a firm with more than a 30% market share are presumptively illegal under the Clayton Act, Section 7 External link.
From Barron's ● Dec. 8, 2025
Most hearings are presumptively open to the public, but observers still routinely have access blocked, and unlike other court processes, there’s no public docket to view documents or the respondents, the immigration equivalent of defendants.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2025
McQuade noted that “the Supreme Court said that communications between the president and vice president are presumptively official conduct, subject to a rebuttable presumption by the prosecution.”
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
To-day, the human mind apparently regards the lessons of the past as presumptively false—and the burden is upon him who seeks to invoke them.
From The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution by James M. (James Montgomery) Beck
