presumably

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Mr. Farage, who at other times presents himself as something of a free-marketeer, presumably is smart enough to understand Britain can’t afford this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Much of the additional liquidity and IRA contributions presumably make their way into the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

For her live return, all the concert dates are separated by several days, presumably to avoid undue strain on her physical health.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It had been enacted 23 years earlier and had never once been enforced, presumably because officials recognized that it would violate all sorts of First Amendment protections, perhaps most notably the freedom of the press.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

It is presumably for this reason that Pacioli’s first biographer, Bernardino Baldi, writing in the late sixteenth century, attributed the painting to Piero della Francesca, whose expert knowledge of the regular solids was well known.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton