assumes

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Morningstar’s base-case scenario, which it assigns a 50% probability, assumes that SpaceX achieves a reusable Starship rocket and somewhat economical orbital data centers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“Everybody assumes money is the most important thing, that you can quote-unquote ‘buy an election’ with all that money,” said Jason McDaniel, an associate professor of political science at San Francisco State University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

But if she, a towering scholar of Yiddish literature, assumes the pose of a little old lady, don’t be fooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But proliferation assumes a state or non-state actor trying to acquire weapons covertly.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

In its most familiar form, dominant in the nineteenth century, the tension assumes a constitutional appearance as a conflict between state and federal sovereignty.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis