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The Venice Commission later recommended that judges should be able to assume office without requiring a presidential oath.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Growth is not optional for this company; the contracts assume it,” Rolfes wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Tommy refused to be upfront about why he would assume El-Sayed, of all people, would support them to begin with.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

So raise your hand if you know — or even just assume — elections officials have been doing something with those ballots as they arrive, other than just throwing them in a pile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

I learned three things from Emilika that day: First, walk as if you have important business, and most people will assume you do.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

“Our baseline scenario assumes that NBP rates would remain unchanged through the end of this year.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Unlike an approach that assumes the acceleration began in a particular year, this method allows the data to determine the most likely timing of the shift.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Your lender will approve you for a number that assumes nothing else in your life costs money.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Even after its latest sharp fall, the drugmaker’s stock price assumes wild successes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A man he assumes is named Henry LesTroy, although from the way True Belle pronounced it, it could be something else.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

He had thought that was good news as he assumed the firm must have had offers on the table.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Trust can no longer be assumed; it has to be earned,” Ahuja says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“All authority is assumed, and if other people don’t accept your authority then you don’t have it. Perhaps the critical thing to being a convincing figure of authority is actually not to try too hard.”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Despite oxygen's abundance, scientists have traditionally assumed that magma can contain only a specific amount of it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

After their trip to Las Vegas, Eisman and his team were so certain the world had been turned upside down that they just assumed Raymond McDaniel must know it, too.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

ExxonMobil agreed to take over as operator in September, assuming responsibility from France-based energy major TotalEnergies, which retains a significant stake.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Instead of assuming data for every region, this modelling uses statistical probability to calculate a range of likely outcomes based on environmental signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Yorkshire Water said Medalova would join the company on Monday as part of a transition period before assuming the chief executive officer role full time in the new year.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

This is not out of character; his habit is to prematurely declare victory in everything, apparently assuming that the force of his declaration makes it a reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

It would make me even more interesting, assuming I already was somewhat interesting.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English