presume

Example Sentences

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"Given the disproportionate engagement, our algorithms presume that users like that content and want more of it," the study says.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Right, exactly, and then we start seeing forces moving into the region in greater numbers for what you would presume to be a major strike.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

She added: “America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

“The problem is that the parent exclusion policies seem to presume that it is the parents that will be the harassers from whom students need to be protected,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

He did not want it to be true that his wife and children were fifteen hundred miles away and might by now presume him to be dead.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers