presume

Example Sentences

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"What I love about One Piece, I presume that people pick up on similar things, is that the messages of the story are so universal," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

Courts presume that this forward-looking stewardship ultimately benefits investors.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 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

Much too, you will think, reader, to engender jealousy: if a woman, in my position, could presume to be jealous of a woman in Miss Ingram’s.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë