assume
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BDC managers surely would like for investors to assume that the discounts mean the funds are a bargain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Encouraging us to shift our gaze from the wall to our devices — to assume that accursed downward tilt of the neck when splendors abound before our eyes — is simply detrimental.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
But it must be actively defeated; it would be a grave mistake to assume it will dissipate after losing momentum or cannibalizing itself.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
I assume she will be OK coming home from a hard day at the office to find a note from you saying, “Gone golfing!”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Neither the Revolution nor the infant republic could have succeeded without the support of the southern states, so Adams had deferred to the Virginians to assume leadership of the antislavery movement.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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