assumed

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"My husband just assumed it was something that I had signed up to, so he never questioned it at the time," said Neha, 50.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

States, Jackson noted, have long assumed the power to punish medical professionals for what they say in addition to what they do.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

They assumed it was simply a conflict between us and our mother — a “he said, she said” situation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Because cartilage was not directly studied in any of the specimens, the team assumed it functioned similarly across all of them.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

I assumed she helped us so that she could get on TV, but hearing that, I wonder if Cora Phillips might actually care about this.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz