assuming

Example Sentences

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“Any motion to quash this subpoena — assuming there was one — would have to be brought in the Northern District of Texas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

These things are hilarious because screenwriters Christina Friel and Connor Wright clearly approached the script by trying to make everything legitimately funny, instead of assuming that provocation immediately equates to humor.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

I’m assuming that you know all of your trip mates, and their strengths, pretty well.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Its unlikely he “would want to do anything that threatens financial stability, particularly so soon after assuming office,” wrote Dario Perkins, global macroeconomist at TS Lombard.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

As to this case, if you will have scratches, we say that, for anything we know, you may have accounted for them, assuming for the sake of argument that you have not invented them?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens