presumable

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The presumable source of that $700,000 was the alleged income Santos received from the Devolder Organization.

From Slate • May 10, 2023

After they were separated, the presumable competing factions stood facing one another: Rhaenyra, Daemon and the Sea Snake on one side, Alicent and Ser Criston on the other.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2022

The elements of the novel and something of its daffiness are here, though new paths open the way to a presumable second season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Le Maire also warned that Europe would retaliate, presumable with its own raft of tariffs on American imports.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2019

Was it presumable that a man of his experience would dare to commit such an unwarrantable act, or did he think that Mr. Morphy would pass over, in silence, such a suppression?

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes