assume
Example Sentences
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Gemma said many customers wrongly assume garages are profiteering.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But research from the past two decades suggests the amount of exercise needed for meaningful health benefits may be much lower than many assume.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Most assumptions I have seen for a net-zero type world assume somewhere between 20 million and 50 million barrels a day of traditional energy consumption.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Most plans still assume 2% to 2.5% inflation across the board.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Nowadays, many people assume that most of the fighting between the American government and American Indians took place on the Great Plains and in the Southwest in the late nineteenth century.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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