assumed

Example Sentences

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The CEO, who assumed his current role in 2022, has overseen much of Cardinal Health’s recent progress.

From Barron's

American oil companies, the president assumed, would jump at the chance to get in there right away, but that hasn’t happened.

From Salon

Her skin colored with what I assumed was embarrassment at being caught out.

From Literature

"There was someone else there that had phones up to each ear, and I assumed that they were already on the phone to emergency services."

From BBC

“When I started this book, I assumed that flourishing groups operated on some higher plane, a tidy, well-organized realm of thriving,” Mr. Coyle confesses.

From The Wall Street Journal