assume
Example Sentences
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Tomás visited them once a year around Christmas, and Chase assumed he sent most of his money down south to them.
From Literature
Rescuers would take one look at where Magpie Island used to be and assume that Jonathan and Abby had perished there.
From Literature
Pulling a shoelace through a narrow hole becomes uneven if the lace tangles, and scientists assumed DNA behaved in the same way.
From Science Daily
Of course, these projections assume steady average returns and do not account for sequence-of-returns risk, the risk that market downturns occur early in retirement, or just before.
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile, questions about AI’s ultimate future haven’t stopped investors from assuming the worst for software companies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
