assuming

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A small team would be needed to extract the uranium, assuming it could be found in a single location.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

With Craig Gordon expected to join Gunn in the US - assuming he is fit - might Bain jump ahead of Kelly as the third goalkeeper?

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

So whatever comes to you when your mother passes away — assuming she either does not make a will or makes one that includes her children — will include what remains of your grandmother’s estate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

That suggests that the neutral rate likely lies between 1.1% and 2.5%, assuming inflation remains at the bank’s 2% target.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

True to form, the Durham police focused on the protest’s white participants, assuming them to be the ringleaders, and arrested Carl Hickey, a twenty-one-year-old Duke Divinity School student, and Gordon Carey.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson